about ten o’clock
`` We 'll see about that , m ' sieu ' ! '' exclaimed Castine , as he turned towards the bear , which was clawing at his chain . An hour later , a scene quite as important occurred at Lavilette 's great farmhouse . It was about ten o'clock . Lights were burning in every window . At a table in the dining-room sat Monsieur and Madame Lavilette , the father of Magon Farcinelle , and Shangois , the notary . The marriage contract was before them .