nine o'clock
So I concealed the body in the bottom of a sort of cellar , into which no one entered during the winter , and then I covered it up with an empty box which had held flowers , and returned to my apartment , without any person having seen me . Of all I tell you , sir , I have but a very confused recollection . Weak as I was , it is inexplicable to me how I had strength and courage to do all I did . At nine o'clock Madame Séraphin came to inquire why I had not risen . I told her that I was so very ill , and prayed of her to allow me to remain in bed during the day , and that on the following day I should quit the house , as M. Ferrand had dismissed me . At the end of an hour 's time , he came himself . ` You are worse to-day .