three o'clock in the afternoon
The Coupeaus slept in the first room , where they also did the cooking and took their meals ; a door at the back opened on to the courtyard of the house . Nana 's bed was in the right hand room , which was lighted by a little round window close to the ceiling . As for Etienne , he shared the left hand room with the dirty clothes , enormous bundles of which lay about on the floor . However , there was one disadvantage -- the Coupeaus would not admit it at first -- but the damp ran down the walls , and it was impossible to see clearly in the place after three o'clock in the afternoon . In the neighborhood the new shop produced a great sensation . The Coupeaus were accused of going too fast , and making too much fuss . They had , in fact , spent the five hundred francs lent by the Goujets in fitting up the shop and in moving , without keeping sufficient to live upon for a fortnight , as they had intended doing .