ten o'clock
A second shock , more plainly defined , brought down the door of his room ; and he felt himself spinning on his own axis , with the walls circling round him . He ran downstairs and found his father in the garden with the servants , one and all bewildered and uttering incoherent phrases . After a long pause , during which some tried to escape while others were on their knees , there was a violent downpour of rain , mingled with hail , which drove them indoors . At ten o'clock they sat down to supper . M. Dubosc did not speak a word . The servants were livid and trembling . Simon retained in the depths of his horrified mind an uncanny impression of a shuddering world .