about nine o'clock
`` That is settled , she will have fifteen francs a month and her food . I shall expect her to-morrow , to make my soup in the morning . '' And he dismissed the two women . The next day Adelaide entered upon her duties , and began to work hard , without saying a word , as she was in the habit of doing at home , and at about nine o'clock , as she was scrubbing the kitchen floor , Monsieur Omont called her : `` Adelaide ! '' She came immediately , saying : `` Here I am , master . '' As soon as she was opposite him , with her red and neglected hands , and her troubled looks , he said : `` Now just listen to me , so that there may be no mistake between us . You are my servant , but nothing else ; you understand what I mean .