nearly four o’clock
Tabareau will not refuse me now for a son-in-law . And as for you , I will undertake that you shall marry Mlle. Vitel , granddaughter of our justice of the peace . '' Fraisier left Poulain reduced to dumb bewilderment by these wild words ; bounced like a ball into the boulevard , hailed an omnibus , and was set down ten minutes later by the modern coach at the corner of the Rue de Choiseul . By this time it was nearly four o'clock . Fraisier felt quite sure of a word in private with the Presidente , for officials seldom leave the Palais de Justice before five o'clock . Mme. de Marville 's reception of him assured Fraisier that M. Leboeuf had kept his promise made to Mme. Vatinelle and spoken favorably of the sometime attorney at Mantes . Amelie 's manner was almost caressing .