eleven o’clock
I want to give Cerizet a lesson . '' `` To-morrow , I shall know the truth , '' said Desroches , in a low tone , to Godeschal ; `` no one chatters like a beaten man . '' La Peyrade departed , carrying with him the deed of relinquishment . At eleven o'clock he was in the courtroom of the justice-of-peace , perfectly calm , and firm . When he saw Cerizet come in , pale with rage , his eyes full of venom , he said in his ear : -- `` My dear friend , I 'm a pretty good fellow myself , and I hold that twenty-five thousand francs in good bank-bills at your disposal , whenever you will return to me those notes of mine which you hold . '' Cerizet looked at the advocate of the poor , without being able to say one word in reply ; he was green ; the bile had struck in . `` I am a non-dispossessable property-owner ! ''