three o'clock
Before appearing before them , I inquire if they are fashionable people , spent last winter in Paris , & c. ? I am told Don Quixote is almost a savage ; he travels all the time so as to sustain his character as knight-errant , and that he spent last winter in Rome ... . This quieted my fears ... I did not appear in society until last winter , so Don Quixote never saw me ; knowing we could meet without the possibility of recognition , I dismissed him from my mind . Yesterday , at three o'clock , Madame de Meilhan and her son went to the depot to meet their guests . I was standing at the front door when they drove off , and Madame de Meilhan called out to me : `` My dear Madame Guérin , I recommend my bouquets to you ; pray spare me the eternal _ soucis _ with which the cruel Etienne insists upon filling my rooms ; now I rely upon you for relief . '' I smiled at this pun as if I had never heard it before , and promised to superintend the arrangement of the flowers . I went into the garden and found Etienne gathering _ soucis _ , more _ soucis _ , nothing but _ soucis _ .