a quarter past eight
That I shall suffer be assured . Your affectionate and grateful godson Andre-Louis He dispatched that letter by M. de Kercadiou 's groom , and conceived this to be the end of the matter . It cut him keenly ; but he bore the wound with that outward stoicism he affected . Next morning , at a quarter past eight , as with Le Chapelier -- who had come to break his fast with him -- he was rising from table to set out for the Bois , his housekeeper startled him by announcing Mademoiselle de Kercadiou . He looked at his watch . Although his cabriolet was already at the door , he had a few minutes to spare . He excused himself from Le Chapelier , and went briskly out to the anteroom .