about ten o'clock
An hour after he saw the carriage repass . The Duchesse de Berry was laughing at a story which Broglie was telling her . There had not then been any serious accident ; it was the police of the Prince de Cellamare , then , that were at fault . The chevalier returned home about ten o'clock without having been met or recognized . He had some trouble to get the door opened , for , according to the patriarchal habits of Madame Denis 's house , the porter had gone to bed , and came out grumbling to unfasten the bolts . D'Harmental slipped a crown into his hand , saying to him , once for all , that he should sometimes return late , but that each time that he did so he would give him the same ; upon which the porter thanked him , and assured him that he was perfectly welcome to come home at any time he liked , or even not to return at all . On returning to his room , D'Harmental saw that his neighbor 's was lighted up ; he placed his candle behind a piece of furniture , and approached the window , so that , as much as the muslin curtains allowed , he could see into her room , while she could not see into his .