nine o’clock
Why does she come and worry us ? She had far better stop in the office and earn money ; that 's all she 's good for ! '' The disdain which the servants learned from their master grew rapidly . So much so that one Monday morning , toward nine o'clock , Madame Desvarennes came down to the courtyard , expecting to find the carriage which generally took her to the station . It was the second coachman 's duty to drive her , and she did not see him . Thinking that he was a little late , she walked to the stable-yard . There , instead of the victoria which usually took her , she saw a large mail-coach to which two grooms were harnessing the Prince 's four bays .