about ten o'clock in the morning
Two days had elapsed since Rodin 's visit to Marshal Simon 's daughters . Shortly after he had been expelled , the Princess de Saint-Dizier had entered to see them , under the cloak of being a house-to-house visitor to collect funds for the cholera sufferers . Choosing the moment when Dagobert , deceived by her lady-like demeanor , had withdrawn , she counselled the twins that it was their duty to go and see their governess , whom she stated to be in the hospital we now describe . It was about ten o'clock in the morning . The persons who had watched during the night by the sick people , in the hospital established in the Rue du Mont-Blanc , were about to be relieved by other voluntary assistants . `` Well , gentlemen , '' said one of those newly arrived , `` how are we getting on ? Has there been any decrease last night in the number of the sick ? ''