about six o’clock
Then he looked back and saw nothing on the road . He felt dreary as an empty house ; and tender memories mingling with the sad thoughts in his brain , addled by the fumes of the feast , he felt inclined for a moment to take a turn towards the church . As he was afraid , however , that this sight would make him yet more sad , he went right away home . Monsieur and Madame Charles arrived at Tostes about six o'clock . The neighbors came to the windows to see their doctor 's new wife . The old servant presented herself , curtsied to her , apologised for not having dinner ready , and suggested that madame , in the meantime , should look over her house . The brick front was just in a line with the street , or rather the road .