two o’clock
Let us talk of old days , Louis , as long as we can -- not of my husband ; or my marriage -- only of the old times , before I was a burden and a trouble to you . '' The day wore on . By ones and twos and threes at a time , the condemned prisoners came from the tribunal , and collected in the waiting-room . At two o'clock all was ready for the calling over of the death-list . It was read and verified by an officer of the court ; and then the jailer took his prisoners back to St. Lazare . Evening came . The prisoners ' meal had been served ; the duplicate of the death-list had been read in public at the grate ; the cell doors were all locked .