nine o’clock
-- `` You will enable Monsieur de Watteville to win his lawsuit . '' -- `` If you vote for Monsieur Savarus , the Republicans will vote with you rather than with the Moderates ! '' etc. , etc. . At nine o'clock Albert had not arrived . Madame de Watteville was disposed to regard such delay as an impertinence . `` My dear Baroness , '' said Madame de Chavoncourt , `` do not let such serious issues turn on such a trifle . The varnish on his boots is not dry -- or a consultation , perhaps , detains Monsieur de Savarus . ''