nine o’clock
Here , take away these chairs , they 'll want all the room they can get . '' The salon was full of Barniols , Collevilles , Phellions , Laudigeois , and many others whom the announcement of a dance at the Thuilliers ' , spread about in the Luxembourg between two and four in the afternoon , the hour at which the bourgeoisie takes its walk , had drawn thither . `` Are you ready , Brigitte ? '' said Colleville , bolting into the dining-room ; `` it is nine o'clock , and they are packed as close as herrings in the salon . Cardot , his wife and son and daughter and future son-in-law have just come , accompanied by that young Vinet ; the whole faubourg Saint Antoine is debouching . Ca n't we move the piano in here ? '' Then he gave the signal , by tuning his clarionet , the joyous sounds of which were greeted with huzzas from the salon .