three o’clock
Only when she was in the train and went to put on her gloves did she perceive that one of them was missing . But she supposed that it had fallen on the platform at the station as she was getting into the car . She believed herself to be quite calm , but she remained with one hand gloved and one hand bare , which , with her , could only be the result of great agitation . On the following day Pascal and Clotilde took the three o'clock train to go to the Tulettes . The mother of Charles , the harness-maker 's wife , had brought the boy to them , as they had offered to take him to Uncle Macquart 's , where he was to remain for the rest of the week . Fresh quarrels had disturbed the peace of the household , the husband having resolved to tolerate no longer in his house another man 's child , that do-nothing , imbecile prince 's son . As it was Grandmother Rougon who had dressed him , he was , indeed , dressed on this day , again , in black velvet trimmed with gold braid , like a young lord , a page of former times going to court .