ten o'clock
After the expression of so formal a wish , we could but esteem ourselves fortunate in obtaining the choice of arms , and the meeting was settled for the next morning at nine o'clock . During the remainder of the day , Monsieur George manifested an ease of mind , and even at intervals a certain gayety , at which we were quite surprised , and which Madame de Malouet , in particular , was at a loss to understand . My poor wife of course had been left in ignorance of these recent events . At ten o'clock he retired , and I could still see a light through his window two hours later . Impelled by my earnest affection and I know not what vague anxiety was haunting me , I entered his room at about midnight ; I found him very calm ; he had been writing and was just sealing up a few envelopes . `` There ! '' he said , handing me the papers .