Nine o’clock
And to heighten the irritation , Andre-Louis -- the actor , Scaramouche always -- produced his snuffbox , and proffered it with a steady hand to Le Chapelier before helping himself . Chabrillane , it seemed , after all that he had suffered , was not even to be allowed to make a good exit . `` Very well , monsieur , '' he said . `` Nine o'clock , then ; and we 'll see if you 'll talk as pertly afterwards . '' On that he flung away , before the jeers of the provincial deputies . Nor did it soothe his rage to be laughed at by urchins all the way down the Rue Dauphine because of the mud and filth that dripped from his satin breeches and the tails of his elegant , striped coat . But though the members of the Third had jeered on the surface , they trembled underneath with fear and indignation .