five o’clock
As he looked at them his red eyelids moistened , and a very gentle smile appeared on his poor discoloured lips . This time Pierre , penetrated by disquietude , wished to approach and question him . But Salvat distrustfully rose and went off towards the Circus , where a concert was drawing to a close ; and he prowled around the entrance of that festive edifice in which two thousand happy people were heaped up together listening to music . AS Pierre was reaching the Place de la Concorde he suddenly remembered the appointment which Abbe Rose had given him for five o'clock at the Madeleine , and which he was forgetting in the feverishness born of his repeated steps to save Laveuve . And at thought of it he hastened on , well pleased at having this appointment to occupy and keep him patient . When he entered the church he was surprised to find it so dark . There were only a few candles burning , huge shadows were flooding the nave , and amidst the semi-obscurity a very loud , clear voice spoke on with a ceaseless streaming of words .