eleven o’clock
Felicite put her husband to bed with every care . She called him `` poor dear , '' and repeatedly told him that he ought not to give way to evil fancies , and that all would end well . But he shook his head ; he felt grave apprehensions . She let him sleep till eleven o'clock . Then , after he had had something to eat , she gently turned him out of doors , making him understand that he must go through with the matter to the end . At the town-hall , Rougon found only four members of the Commission in attendance ; the others had sent excuses , they were really ill . Panic had been sweeping through the town with growing violence all through the morning .