five o'clock
Do you see now what a fool you 've been ? '' The afternoon was passed in a very sullen fashion . Shears and Wilson did not exchange a word . At five o'clock , as they were pacing up and down the Rue Clapeyron , taking care , however , to keep away from the houses , three young workingmen came along the pavement singing , arm-in-arm , knocked up against them and tried to continue their road without separating . Shears , who was in a bad temper , pushed them back . There was a short scuffle . Shears put up his fists , struck one of the men in the chest and gave another a blow in the face , whereupon the men desisted and walked away with the third .