nine o’clock
asked his wife . `` No , it is a traveller . '' `` He must have come from Paris . '' `` Just so , '' said the notary , pulling out his watch , which was two inches thick and looked like a Dutch man-of-war ; `` it 's nine o'clock ; the diligence of the Grand Bureau is never late . '' `` Is the gentleman young ? '' inquired the Abbe Cruchot . `` Yes , '' answered Monsieur des Grassins , `` and he has brought luggage which must weigh nearly three tons . ''