nine o’clock
I feel so much better . '' After attending to some business , Jules returned to his wife , -- recalled by her invincible attraction . His passion was stronger than his anguish . The next day , at nine o'clock Jules left home , hurried to the rue des Enfants-Rouges , went upstairs , and rang the bell of the widow Gruget 's lodgings . `` Ah ! you 've kept your word , as true as the dawn . Come in , monsieur , '' said the old woman when she saw him .