two o'clock
It came to his mind like all the rest ; and as it was the only reasonable one , D'Harmental did well to stop at it . However , it would be a great boldness to present himself thus before Bathilde , without being authorized by the least sign , and without having any pretext to give . Such a course of conduct could but wound Bathilde , who was only too much irritated already ; it was better to wait then , and D'Harmental waited . At two o'clock Brigaud returned , and found D'Harmental in a very savage state of mind . The abbe threw a glance toward the window , still hermetically closed , and divined everything . He took a chair , and sat down opposite D'Harmental , twisting his thumbs round one another , as he saw the chevalier doing . `` My dear pupil , '' said he , after an instant 's silence , `` either I am a bad physiognomist , or I read on your face that something profoundly sad has happened to you . ''