eleven o'clock
`` I think so , '' replied the duchess , `` besides , the gravity of the situation . '' The duchess took the letter , and read : '' ` MONSIEUR LE DUC -- I am a woman of my word . My husband is on the eve of setting out for the little journey you know of . To-morrow , at eleven o'clock , I shall be at home for you only . Do not think that I decide on this step without having put all the blame on the shoulders of Monsieur de Villeroy . I begin to fear for him , as you may have undertaken to punish him . Come , then , at the appointed hour , to prove to me that I am not too much to blame in conspiring with you against my lord and master . ' ''