ten o'clock
`` Pillot was right , '' I muttered , `` the rascals are waiting till I am beyond the town . I wish Captain Courcy had introduced his two friends . '' After making my toilet I went to the stables , where my horse , quite recovered from his fatigue , was looking in fine condition . Then , returning to the inn , I ate a substantial breakfast , and , obeying Pillot 's injunctions , made no attempt to start till ten o'clock . How shrewdly the little man had judged my enemies ' plans was made plain almost at the instant of my passing through the gate . `` I trust monsieur is better , '' exclaimed a voice in my ear , and there was Captain Courcy mounted on a powerful horse close by my side . And here I must stop to mention that the old soldier performed his part very cleverly .