four o’clock in the afternoon
On seeing his niece Pillerault took off his spectacles . `` My child , there is hope , '' he said ; `` all is not lost . But your husband could not bear the uncertainty of the negotiations which Anselme and I are about to undertake . Do n't leave your shop to-morrow , and take the addresses of all the bills ; we have till four o'clock in the afternoon of the 15th . Here is my plan : Neither Ragon nor I am to be considered . Suppose that your hundred thousand francs deposited with Roguin had been remitted to the purchasers , you would not have them then any more than you have them now . The hundred and forty thousand francs for which notes were given to Claparon , and which must be paid in any state of the case , are what you have to meet .