five o'clock
Fatal word , through which I lost my paradise , exchanging a retreat wholly to my taste -- peaceful , laborious , romantic , and free -- for the stiffness of a residence where society displays all the fury of its insipid dissipations . I demanded the necessary time for effecting my removal , and Monsieur de Malouet left me , after grasping my hand cordially , declaring that he was extremely pleased with me , and that he was going to stimulate his two cooks to give me a triumphant reception . `` I am going , '' he said in conclusion , `` to announce to them an artist , a poet : that 'll work up their imagination . '' Toward five o'clock , two valets from the chateau came to take charge of my light baggage , and to advise me that a carriage was waiting for me on top of the hills . I bade farewell to my cell ; I thanked my hosts ; and I kissed their little urchins , all besmeared and ill-kempt as they were . These kind people seemed to see me going with regret . I felt , myself , an extraordinary and unaccountable sadness .