about four o’clock
The one throve on thefts from nature , the other waxed fat on legal plunder . Both liked to live well . It was the same nature in two species , -- the one natural , the other whetted by his training in a cloister . It was about four o'clock when Vaudoyer left the tavern of the Grand-I-Vert to consult the former mayor . Rigou was at dinner . Finding the front door locked , Vaudoyer looked above the window blinds and called out : -- `` Monsieur Rigou , it is I , -- Vaudoyer . '' Jean came round from the porte-cochere and said to Vaudoyer : -- `` Come into the garden ; Monsieur has company . ''