three o'clock in the afternoon
The ex-dragoon sent his uniform the night before , and she had not refrained from kissing it . When Philippe was placed , in full dress , on one of those straw horses , all saddled , which Joseph had hired for the occasion , Agathe , fearing to betray her presence , mingled the soft sound of her tears with the conversation of the two brothers . Philippe posed for two hours before and two hours after breakfast . At three o'clock in the afternoon , he put on his ordinary clothes and , as he lighted a cigar , he proposed to his brother to go and dine together in the Palais-Royal , jingling gold in his pocket as he spoke . `` No , '' said Joseph , `` it frightens me to see gold about you . '' `` Ah ! you 'll always have a bad opinion of me in this house , '' cried the colonel in a thundering voice .