ten o’clock
And with threats understood to the full upon either side , they separated . `` Thank you , Remonencq ! '' said La Cibot ; `` it is very pleasant to a poor widow to find a champion . '' Towards ten o'clock that evening , Gaudissart sent for Topinard . The manager was standing with his back to the fire , in a Napoleonic attitude -- a trick which he had learned since be began to command his army of actors , dancers , _ figurants _ , musicians , and stage carpenters . He grasped his left-hand brace with his right hand , always thrust into his waistcoat ; the head was flung far back , his eyes gazed out into space . `` Ah !