ten o'clock
`` I call that promptness . You saw the lady then ? '' `` Yes ; I did not recognize her perfectly , but imagine she is the wife of a banker who left for parts unknown about three months ago . '' Beauchamp and Chateau-Renaud looked knowingly at one another , while Gratillet continued : `` The lady in question left the prison at ten o'clock and got into her carriage . '' `` A carriage ? '' `` No , a hackney coach she had hired . '' `` And you followed her again ? ''