six o’clock
` In the first place , although he is sixty-nine , he has a fancy ; and because he is sixty-nine , he is as methodical as a clock face . Every day at five o'clock the old gentleman goes to dine with _ her _ in the Rue de la Victoire . -LRB- I am sorry for her . -RRB- Then at six o'clock , he comes here , reads steadily at the papers for four hours , and goes back at ten o'clock . Daddy Croizeau says that he knows M. Denisart 's motives , and approves his conduct ; and in his place , he would do the same . So I know exactly what to expect . If ever I am Mme. Croizeau , I shall have four hours to myself between six and ten o'clock . '