nine o’clock in the morning
`` But whatever force there may still appear to be in the suggestion of Le Commerciel , will be much diminished when we take into consideration the hour at which the girl went abroad . ` It was when the streets were full of people , ' says Le Commerciel , ` that she went out . ' But not so . It was at nine o'clock in the morning . Now at nine o'clock of every morning in the week , _ with the exception of Sunday _ , the streets of the city are , it is true , thronged with people . At nine on Sunday , the populace are chiefly within doors _ preparing for church _ . No observing person can have failed to notice the peculiarly deserted air of the town , from about eight until ten on the morning of every Sabbath .