about eight in the morning
Marie Bromar was not so well practised in the writing of letters as will be the majority of the young ladies who may , perhaps , read her history . It was a difficult thing for her to begin the letter , and a difficult thing for her to bring it to its end . But the letter was written and sent . The post left Granpere at about eight in the morning , taking all letters by way of Remiremont ; and on the day following George 's departure , the post took Marie Bromar 's letter to M. Urmand . When it was gone , her state of mind was very painful . Then it was necessary that she should show the copy to her uncle . She had posted the letter between six and seven with her own hands , and had then come trembling back to the inn , fearful that her uncle should discover what she had done before her letter should be beyond his reach .