two o'clock in the afternoon
`` For Madame de Belliere or Pellisson . '' `` It shall be done . '' The carriage passed through Nantes , and took the route of Angers . It was two o'clock in the afternoon . The king , full of impatience , went to his cabinet on the terrace , and kept opening the door of the corridor to see what his secretaries were doing . M. Colbert , seated in the same place M. de Saint-Aignan had so long occupied in the morning , was chatting , in a low voice , with M. de Brienne . The king opened the door suddenly , and addressing them , `` What do you say ? ''