two o'clock
cried indignantly the poor mother . The day which had inflicted on Isaura so keen an anguish was marked by a great trial in the life of Alain de Rochebriant . In the morning he received the notice `` of _ un commandement tendant a saisie immobiliere , _ '' on the part of his creditor , M. Louvier ; in plain English , an announcement that his property at Rochebriant would be put up to public sale on a certain day , in case all debts due to the mortgagee were not paid before . An hour afterwards came a note from Duplessis stating that `` he had returned from Bretagne on the previous evening , and would be very happy to see the Marquis de Rochebriant before two o'clock , if not inconvenient to call . '' Alain put the `` commandement '' into his pocket , and repaired to the Hotel Duplessis . The financier received him with very cordial civility . Then he began : `` I am happy to say I left your excellent aunt in very good health .