ten o'clock
Since Madame Lerat did n't want to return to Les Batignolles at such a late hour , they took one of the mattresses off the bed and spread it for her in a corner of the shop , after pushing back the table . She slept right there amid all the dinner crumbs . All night long , while the Coupeaus were sleeping , a neighbor 's cat took advantage of an open window and was crunching the bones of the goose with its sharp teeth , giving the bird its final resting place . On the following Saturday Coupeau , who had not come home to dinner , brought Lantier with him towards ten o'clock . They had had some sheep 's trotters at Chez Thomas at Montmartre . `` You must n't scold , wife , '' said the zinc-worker . `` We 're sober , as you can see .