ten o'clock
Perrine anxiously sought Grain-of-Salt . He told her it was better for her to consult a time table than to go to the station , which was a long way off . From the time table they learned that there were two trains in the morning , one at six o'clock and one at ten , and that the fare to Picquigny , third class , was nine francs twenty-five centimes . `` We 'll take the ten o'clock train , '' said her mother , `` and we will take a cab , for I certainly can not walk to the station . '' And yet when nine o'clock the next day came she could not even get to the cab that Perrine had waiting for her . She attempted the few steps from her room to the cab , but would have fallen to the ground had not Perrine held her . `` I must go back , '' she said weakly .