nine
o’clock
The lover would have his day . Paz became brilliant , he tried to please , he told the story of the Polish insurrection in noble words , being questioned about it by the diplomatist . By the end of dinner Paz saw Clementine hanging upon his lips and regarding him as a hero , forgetting that Adam too , after sacrificing a third of his vast fortune , had been an exile . At nine o'clock , after coffee had been served , Madame de Serizy kissed her niece on the forehead , pressed her hand , and went away , taking Adam with her and leaving the Marquis de Ronquerolles and the Marquis du Rouvre , who soon followed . Paz and Clementine were alone together . `` I will leave you now , madame , '' said Thaddeus . `` You will of course rejoin them at the Opera ? ''