nine o’clock
In the morning she heard mass , took care of her son , whom she idolized , and went to see her laborers . After dinner she received her friends from Montegnac in the little salon to the right of the clock-tower . She taught Roubaud , Clousier , and the rector to play whist , which Gerard knew already . The rubbers usually ended at nine o'clock , after which the company withdrew . This peaceful life had no other events to mark it than the success of the various parts of the great enterprise . In June the torrent of the Gabou went dry , and Gerard established his headquarters in the keeper 's house . Farrabesche had already built his farmhouse , which he called Le Gabou .