seven in the evening
If the Sieur Bryond had possessed any property , he would not have left the department on account of his debts . The woman Lechantre claims that she did not suspect a shameful theft , because she saw the proceedings approved by her ally , Boislaurier . But how does she explain the presence of Rifoel -LRB- already executed -RRB- at Saint-Savin ; the journeys to and fro ; the relations of that young man with her daughter ; the stay of the brigands at Saint-Savin , where they were served by her daughter and the girl Godard ? She alleges sleep ; declares it to be her practice to go to bed at seven in the evening ; and has no answer to make when the magistrate points out to her that if she rises , as she says she does , at dawn , she must have seen some signs of the plot , of the sojourn of so many persons , and of the nocturnal goings and comings of her daughter . To this she replies that she was occupied in prayer . This woman is a mass of hypocrisy . Lastly , her journey on the day of the crime , the care she takes to carry her daughter to Mortagne , her conduct about the money , her precipitate flight when all is discovered , the pains she is at to conceal herself , even the circumstances of her arrest , all go to prove a long-existing complicity .