seven o’clock
Leeches must be applied to the wasted body , the poultices and hot foot-baths , and other details of the treatment required the physical strength and devotion of the two young men . Mme. de Restaud did not come ; but she sent a messenger for the money . `` I expected she would come herself ; but it would have been a pity for her to come , she would have been anxious about me , '' said the father , and to all appearances he was well content . At seven o'clock that evening Therese came with a letter from Delphine . `` What are you doing , dear friend ? I have been loved for a very little while , and I am neglected already ? In the confidences of heart and heart , I have learned to know your soul -- you are too noble not to be faithful for ever , for you know that love with all its infinite subtle changes of feeling is never the same .