seven o'clock
`` Certainly , let us gather them by all means , '' said Rodolphe , starting off to seize on the chairs , which belonged to some neighbor . Six o'clock struck : the two friends went off to a hasty dinner , and returned to light up the saloons . They were themselves dazzled by the result . At seven o'clock Schaunard arrived , accompanied by three ladies , who had forgotten their diamonds and their bonnets . One of them wore a red shawl with black spots . Schaunard pointed out this lady particularly to Rodolphe . `` She is a woman accustomed to the best society , '' said he , `` an Englishwoman whom the fall of the Stuarts has driven into exile , she lives in a modest way by giving lessons in English .