nine
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please -- '' Then , raising her head and recognizing Henriette : `` What , is it you ! How late is it ? '' When she learned that it had not yet struck six she seemed disconcerted , assuming a sportive air to hide her embarrassment , saying it was unfair to come waking people up at such an hour . Then , to her friend , questioning her about her husband , she made answer : `` Why , he has not returned ; I do n't look for him much before nine o'clock . What makes you so eager to see him at this hour of the morning ? '' Henriette 's voice had a trace of sternness in it as she answered , seeing the other so smiling , so dull of comprehension in her happy waking . `` I tell you there has been fighting all the morning at Bazeilles , and I am anxious about my husband . ''