two o’clock
`` You are quite right , love , to speak as you did , '' he said , gently . Then , turning to Lomaque , he added , in a firmer voice , `` It shall be done ! '' Two days after the traveling-carriage described by Lomaque had passed the diligence on the road to Paris , Madame Danville sat in the drawing-room of an apartment in the Rue de Grenelle , handsomely dressed for driving out . After consulting a large gold watch that hung at her side , and finding that it wanted a quarter of an hour only to two o'clock , she rang her hand-bell , and said to the maid-servant who answered the summons , `` I have five minutes to spare . Send Dubois here with my chocolate . '' The old man made his appearance with great alacrity . After handing the cup of chocolate to his mistress , he ventured to use the privilege of talking , to which his long and faithful services entitled him , and paid the old lady a compliment .