four o'clock
It was a droll spectacle ; the old buildings and all the figures illuminated by the red light of the straw fires , which flickered , and sparkled , and blazed up ! As to Gringalet , the first thing he did , once at liberty , was to place the little golden fly in a paper box ; and he kept repeating , during his triumph , ` Little golden gnat , I did well to hinder the spiders from eating you , for -- ' '' The recital of Pique-Vinaigre was interrupted . `` Roussel , ahoy ! '' cried a voice from without ; `` come then , and eat your soup ; four o'clock will strike in ten minutes . '' `` All right ! the story is about finished . I 'll go .