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`` When you choose ; I shall be at home all the morning . '' `` Then I will hear another mass , at which I can take the communion . I did not dare to do so at this mass , for the thought of speaking to monsieur so distracted my mind . I will be at monsieur 's house by eight o'clock , when I have ended my meditation , if that hour does not inconvenience him . '' `` No ; but there is no necessity for all this ceremony , '' replied la Peyrade , with some impatience . Perhaps a little professional jealousy inspired his ill-humor , for it was evident that he had to do with an antagonist who was capable of giving him points . At the hour appointed , not a minute before nor a minute after , the pious woman rang the bell , and the barrister having , not without some difficulty , induced her to sit down , he requested her to state her case .