six o’clock
He was handsome , it is true ; but his clothes , his last year 's nankeen trousers , and his shabby tight jacket were ridiculous . Put Antinous or the Apollo Belvedere himself into a water-carrier 's blouse , and how shall you recognize the godlike creature of the Greek or Roman chisel ? The eyes note and compare before the heart has time to revise the swift involuntary judgment ; and the contrast between Lucien and Chatelet was so abrupt that it could not fail to strike Louise . Towards six o'clock that evening , when dinner was over , Mme. de Bargeton beckoned Lucien to sit beside her on the shabby sofa , covered with a flowered chintz -- a yellow pattern on a red ground . `` Lucien mine , '' she said , `` do n't you think that if we have both of us done a foolish thing , suicidal for both our interests , it would only be common sense to set matters right ? We ought not to live together in Paris , dear boy , and we must not allow anyone to suspect that we traveled together . Your career depends so much upon my position that I ought to do nothing to spoil it .