ten o’clock
Monsieur and Madame were much more jealously limited to nobility than they are now becoming , and the Darpents would not purchase a patent of nobility to shelter themselves from taxation . For , as Eustace said , the bourgeoisie had its own chivalry of ideas . There was no more fighting . By ten o'clock Broussel was in the city , the chains were torn down , the barricades leveled , and he made a triumphal progress . He was taken first to Notre Dame , and as he left the carriage his old dressing-gown was almost torn to pieces , every one crowding to kiss it , or his feet , calling him their father and protector , and anxiously inquiring for his health . A Te Deum was sung -- if not so splendid , much more full of the ring of joy than the grand one two days before ! Engravings of his portrait were sold about the streets , bearing the inscription ` Pierre Broussel , father of his country ; ' and the good-natured old man seemed quite bewildered at the honours that had befallen him .