eleven o'clock
He wondered to himself what the business could be that his companion was evidently anxious that he should hear nothing of . He might wish that he should alone have the merit of reporting it , or it might be something that it was deemed the Duke of Burgundy himself , the butchers ' friend and ally , would not approve of . At any rate he was determined , if possible , to find it all out ; he therefore feigned sleep . At eleven o'clock Simon got up and went down ; Guy waited for two or three minutes and then rose and followed . As soon as he was out of the door he made direct for the hall of the butchers ' guild . He knew that Simon was not going straight there , as the meeting was not , he said , for an hour , and that he would be stopping to drink at some cabaret with his associates . The hall was but a short distance away .