about two in the afternoon
And at the far end there was again the compartment full of women , the ten close-packed female pilgrims , some young , some old , and all looking pitifully ugly as they violently chanted the canticle in cracked and woeful voices . `` At what time shall we reach Paris ? '' M. de Guersaint inquired of Pierre . `` To-morrow at about two in the afternoon , I think , '' the priest replied . Since starting , Marie had been looking at the latter with an air of anxious preoccupation , as though haunted by a sudden sorrow which she could not reveal . However , she found her gay , healthful smile again to say : `` Twenty-two hours ' journey ! Ah !