eight o'clock
After dinner he took his coat off and did the heavy work of the garden , under the merciless oversight of the Widow Jequier , his sister-in-law , the cash-box ever by his side . He chatted with his tame _ corbeau _ , but he never smiled . In the winter he did fretwork . On the stroke of two he went downstairs again and disappeared into the cramped and stuffy bureau , whose window on the street was framed by the hanging wistaria blossoms ; and at eight o'clock his day of labour ended . He carried the cash-box up to bed at 8.15 . At 8.30 his wife followed him . From nine to five he slept .