ten o'clock
It must be made for Marie 's sake , if not for his own . In this mood of mind he drove down to Granpere , and , not knowing where else to stop , drew up his horse in the middle of the road before the hotel . The stable-servant , who was hanging about , immediately came to him ; -- and there was his father standing , all alone , at the door of the house . It was now ten o'clock , and he had expected that his father would have been away from home , as was his custom at that hour . But the innkeeper 's mind was at present too full of trouble to allow of his going off either to the woodcutting or to the farm . Adrian Urmand , after his failure with Marie on the preceding evening , had not again gone down-stairs . He had taken himself at once to his bedroom , and had remained there gloomy and unhappy , very angry with Marie Bromar ; but , if possible , more angry with Michel Voss .