eight o’clock
Could the Parisian resist the influence of treacherous insinuations , soft-spoken calumnies , slanders full of faint praise and artless denials , which should be made to circle incessantly about him and deceive him ? When the four relations were left alone , Monsieur Grandet said to his nephew , -- `` We must go to bed . It is too late to talk about the matters which have brought you here ; to-morrow we will take a suitable moment . We breakfast at eight o'clock ; at midday we eat a little fruit or a bit of bread , and drink a glass of white wine ; and we dine , like the Parisians , at five o'clock . That 's the order of the day . If you like to go and see the town and the environs you are free to do so . You will excuse me if my occupations do not permit me to accompany you .