nine o'clock
cried Philip , impetuously . `` That Citoyenne Dolores was ordered to appear before the Tribunal at ten o'clock this morning . '' Two cries rang out on the still air : a cry of rage from Philip , a cry of anguish from Antoinette ; then , with tears and exclamations of despair they entreated Aubry to explain . All he could tell them was that Dolores had informed him the evening before that she had been summoned before the Tribunal ; that she had requested him to inform Coursegol of the fact ; that she had left her cell , that morning , at nine o'clock , calm and beautiful ; that she had held a long conversation with Coursegol , who was waiting for her below , after which she had left the prison to go to the Tribunal in company with several others . This intelligence plunged Philip and Antoinette into a state of indescribable despair . Unable to utter a word , they looked at each other in wild but speechless terror ; and yet , in the anguish that wrung their hearts , their thoughts followed the same course . Both were asking themselves why Dolores had concealed the truth from them ; why she had not allowed them to die with her .