nine o'clock
`` Certainly I am not wanted , '' said I to myself ; and , having arrived at this conclusion , I sought out old Jean . The old fellow was only too ready to drive me to Avranches or anywhere else for five francs , and was soon busy putting his horse in the shafts . I sought out Suzanne , got her to smuggle my luggage downstairs , gave her a parting present , took off my livery and put on the groom 's old suit , and was ready to leave the house of M. de Saint-Maclou . At nine o'clock my short servitude ended . As soon as a bend in the road hid us from the house I opened my portmanteau , got out my own clothes , and , _ sub æthere _ , changed my raiment , putting on a quiet suit of blue , and presenting George Sampson 's rather obtrusive garments -LRB- which I took the liberty of regarding as a perquisite -RRB- to Jean , who received them gladly . I felt at once a different being -- so true it is that the tailor makes the man . `` You are well out of that , '' grunted old Jean .