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She now got up at four o'clock every morning to assist her mistress in her purchases . Each day they bought armfuls of flowers from the suburban florists , with bundles of moss , and bundles of fern fronds , and periwinkle leaves to garnish the bouquets . Cadine would gaze with amazement at the diamonds and Valenciennes worn by the daughters of the great gardeners of Montreuil , who came to the markets amidst their roses . On the saints ' days of popular observance , such as Saint Mary 's , Saint Peter 's , and Saint Joseph 's days , the sale of flowers began at two o'clock . More than a hundred thousand francs ' worth of cut flowers would be sold on the footways , and some of the retail dealers would make as much as two hundred francs in a few hours . On days like those only Cadine 's curly locks peered over the mounds of pansies , mignonette , and marguerites . She was quite drowned and lost in the flood of flowers .