ten in the evening
Far away a dog was barking . The young people were silent , united in a mood of wonder before the depths and lights of the night . On the fifteenth of September the girls had to tear themselves away from their quiet retreat at Belle-Isle , and leave Penhouet and all else to travel with Mlle. Frahender , Jean and Maurice to the Château de Montjoie . When they arrived there , at ten in the evening , Esperance recognised the Duke in the distance as soon as the carriage stopped . He was looking out of one of the great windows above the terrace . He was , in fact , awaiting the coming of Esperance . But he pretended not to have seen the carriage and continued to gaze up at the stars .