ten o'clock
Thus , as we have said , he remained fixed in his place , and long after the young girl had re-entered , he kept his eyes fixed on the window where this delicious vision had appeared . The sound of his door opening called him out of his ecstasy : it was the pâté and the wine from Abbe Brigaud making their solemn entry into the chevalier 's garret . The sight of these provisions recalled to his mind that he had now something better to do than to abandon himself to contemplation , and that he had given Captain Roquefinette a rendezvous on the most important business . Consequently he looked at his watch , and saw that it was ten o'clock . This was , as the reader will remember , the appointed hour . He sent away the man who had brought the provisions , and said he would lay the cloth himself ; then , opening his window once more , he sat down to watch for the appearance of Captain Roquefinette . He was hardly at his observatory before he perceived the worthy captain coming round the corner from the Rue Gros-Chenet , his head in the air , his hand on his hip , and with the martial and decided air of a man who , like the Greek philosopher , carries everything with him .