nine o'clock in the morning
He had had the misfortune to lose one of his daughters -- so the story goes -- for he seems to have had originally five . Whether his daughters are young or old , no one knows . In the interior of the Kasre all the services are performed by Greek women , who do not know a word of French ; they never go out of doors . The gardeners have to leave the gardens at nine o'clock in the morning . All these arrangements , as you will perceive , are extremely correct . The story about Mohammed is a very plausible one ; his solemn and melancholy expression together with his solitary life , are thoroughly in conformity with the fallen grandeur of a minister in disgrace . He is writing , according to report , a memoir in justification of his conduct .