five o’clock
You ask Life for certainties , as if she had any to give you ! '' And he began to discuss my fears , but could not quite disperse them , for neither of us could guess what the obstacles could be . August 2d . After ten days of waiting , during which I have employed Lampron and M. Flamaran to intercede for me , turn and turn about ; ten days passed in hovering between mortal anguish and extravagant hopes , during which I have formed , destroyed , taken up again and abandoned more plans than I ever made in all my life before , yesterday , at five o'clock , I got a note from M. Charnot , begging me to call upon him the same evening . I went there in a state of nervous collapse . He received me in his study , as he had done seven months before , at our first interview , but with a more solemn politeness ; and I noticed that the paper-knife , which he had taken up from the table as he resumed his seat , shook between his fingers . I sat in the same chair in which I had felt so ill at ease .