nearly one o'clock
At last , this evening she will have the happiness of announcing to me your visit and your request . But do not make this visit until the afternoon , because then our cousin will be gone . '' Saniel spent his morning in looking for apartments , and found one in a quarter of the Invalides , which he engaged . It was nearly one o'clock when he reached Madame Cormier 's . As usual , when he called , she looked at him with anxious curiosity , thinking of Florentin . `` It is not of him that I wish to speak to you to-day , '' he said , without pronouncing any name , which was unnecessary . `` It is of Mademoiselle Phillis -- '' `` Do you find her ill ? ''