ten o’clock in the evening
Daubrecq first inspected the articles and then took Lupin to the Avenue de Neuilly , where two closely veiled old ladies stood waiting with little Jacques . Lupin carried the child to his car , where Victoire was waiting for him . All this was done swiftly , without useless words and as though the parts had been got by heart and the various movements settled in advance , like so many stage entrances and exits . At ten o'clock in the evening Lupin kept his promise and handed little Jacques to his mother . But the doctor had to be hurriedly called in , for the child , upset by all those happenings , showed great signs of excitement and terror . It was more than a fortnight before he was sufficiently recovered to bear the strain of the removal which Lupin considered necessary . Mme. Mergy herself was only just fit to travel when the time came .