7:55
The day after to-morrow will make just eight days since he decamped , taking with him all the money of his clients -- a tolerably large sum . I found the office closed . A woman who lived close by told me all about it with an abundance of curses and imprecations . The notary did not take the 7:55 train all by himself ; he took with him the daughter of the hairdresser of Levallois , a young person quite famous in that part of the country for her beauty and her accomplishments ; -- they say she could shave better than her father . Well , anyhow Mouche has run away with her ; the Commissaire de Police confirmed the fact for me . Now , really , could it have been possible for Maitre Mouche to have left the country at a more opportune moment ? If he had only deferred his escapade one week longer , he would have been still the representative of society , and would have had you dragged off to gaol , Monsieur Bonnard , like a criminal .