noon
Madeleine placed a pocket-book on the table and went away . Talizac laughed in his sleeve . He did not think he could obtain the money so easily . Toward noon Louison awoke from the lethargic sleep in which Rolla 's liquid had thrown her , and her first look fell upon the virago , who was sitting in a half-drunken condition near the window . The young girl unconsciously uttered a cry when she saw the repulsive woman , and this cry aroused Rolla from out of her dreams about well-filled brandy bottles into reality . `` Well , my pigeon , how goes it ? '' she asked , grinning .