About nine o’clock
The others remained with Ursula and did their best to restore the peace and tranquillity of her mind , already much relieved by Goupil 's confession . `` You see , my child , that God was not against you , '' said the abbe . Minoret came home late from Rouvre . About nine o'clock he was sitting in the Chinese pagoda digesting his dinner beside his wife , with whom he was making plans for Desire 's future . Desire had become very sedate since entering the magistracy ; he worked hard , and it was not unlikely that he would succeed the present procureur du roi at Fontainebleau , who , they said , was to be advanced to Melun . His parents felt that they must find him a wife , -- some poor girl belonging to an old and noble family ; he would then make his way to the magistracy of Paris . Perhaps they could get him elected deputy from Fontainebleau , where Zelie was proposing to pass the winter after living at Rouvre for the summer season .