eleven o’clock
That land speculation is no doubt a good one ; Gigonnet , or some one behind him , means to strangle Cesar and step into his skin . It is all over ; there 's no remedy . But such is the Bank : be warned ; never have recourse to it ! '' After this horrible morning , during which Madame Birotteau for the first time sent away those who came for their money , taking their addresses , the courageous woman , happy in the thought that she was thus sparing her husband from distress , saw Popinot and Pillerault , for whom she waited with ever-growing anxiety , return at eleven o'clock , and read her sentence in their faces . The assignment was inevitable . `` He will die of grief , '' said the poor woman . `` I could almost wish he might , '' said Pillerault , solemnly ; `` but he is so religious that , as things are now , his director , the Abbe Loraux , alone can save him . ''