eight o'clock
`` Well , then we do n't care what anybody says , '' said Rosalie bravely . Fortunately , Aunt Zenobie was busy waiting on the boarders , so the arrangements for the room was made with Mother Françoise , who did not drive too hard a bargain and that was done quickly and promptly . Fifty francs a month for two meals a day ; twelve francs for a little room decorated with a little mirror , a window , and a dressing table . At eight o'clock Perrine dined alone in the general dining room , a table napkin on her lap . At eight-thirty she went to Madame Lachaise 's establishment to fetch her dress and other things which were quite ready for her . At nine o'clock , in her tiny room , the door of which she locked , she went to bed , a little worried , a little excited , a little hesitating , but , in her heart of hearts full of hope . Now we should see .