eight in the morning
A place had been chosen for Dorlange in the atelier of the sculptor Bosio , and from that moment a rather fantastic course was pursued by an unseen protection that hovered over him . When he reached the house in Paris to which the head-master of the school had sent him , he found a dainty little apartment prepared for his reception . Under the glass shade of the clock was a large envelope addressed to him , so placed as to strike his eye the moment that he entered the room . In that envelope was a note , written in pencil , containing these words : -- The day after your arrival in Paris go at eight in the morning punctually to the garden of the Luxembourg , Allee de l'Observatoire , fourth bench to the right , starting from the gate . This order is strict . Do not fail to obey it . Punctual to the minute , Dorlange was not long at the place of rendezvous before he was met by a very small man , whose enormous head , bearing an immense shock of hair , together with a pointed nose , chin , and crooked legs made him seem like a being escaped from one of Hoffman 's tales .