five in the afternoon
Nanon put away in her kitchen the produce which they brought as tribute . She always waited for her master 's orders before she knew what portion was to be used in the house and what was to be sold in the market . It was the goodman 's custom , like that of a great many country gentlemen , to drink his bad wine and eat his spoiled fruit . Towards five in the afternoon Grandet returned from Angers , having made fourteen thousand francs by the exchange on his gold , bringing home in his wallet good treasury-notes which bore interest until the day he should invest them in the Funds . He had left Cornoiller at Angers to look after the horses , which were well-nigh foundered , with orders to bring them home slowly after they were rested . `` I have got back from Angers , wife , '' he said ; `` I am hungry . '' Nanon called out to him from the kitchen : `` Have n't you eaten anything since yesterday ? ''