eleven
o'clock
The most hard-hearted person living will understand that two beings made for each other could not possibly part without an appointment to meet again . I made arrangements for the accommodation of the lady in the village near Maison Rouge . She consented to honor me with her company at supper , in my apartment at the stables , on the night of the twenty-ninth . The time fixed on was the time when the other servants were accustomed to retire -- eleven o'clock . Among the grooms attached to the stables was an Englishman , laid up with a broken leg . His name was Francis . His manners were repulsive ; he was ignorant of the French language .