about eleven in the
morning
`` But he 's a bit of a fool . '' And he jerked his head forward . Well , not a word of this was ever told to Mrs. Flanders ; nor what happened when they paid the bill and left the restaurant , and walked along the Boulevard Raspaille . Then here is another scrap of conversation ; the time about eleven in the morning ; the scene a studio ; and the day Sunday . `` I tell you , Flanders , '' said Cruttendon , `` I 'd as soon have one of Mallinson 's little pictures as a Chardin . And when I say that ... '' he squeezed the tail of an emaciated tube ... `` Chardin was a great swell ... . He sells 'em to pay his dinner now .