six o'clock
He was , I gathered , genuinely pleased that his sister had found happiness and a home by the side of an honourable man , seeing that he himself was on the point of contracting a fresh alliance with a Jewish lady of unsurpassed loveliness . Of Rochez and Leah we saw nothing that day , and from one or two words which M. Goldberg let fall I concluded that he was greatly angered against his daughter because of her marriage with a fortune-hunting adventurer , who , he weirdly hinted , had already found quick and exemplary punishment for his crime . I was sincerely glad to hear this , even though I could not get M. Goldberg to explain in what that exemplary punishment consisted . The climax came at six o'clock of that eventful afternoon , at the hour when I , with the newly-enthroned Mme. Ratichon on my arm , was about to take leave of M. Goldberg . I must admit that at that moment my heart was overflowing with bitterness . I had been led like a lamb to the slaughter ; I had been made to look foolish and absurd in the midst of this Israelite community which I despised ; I was saddled for the rest of my life with an unprepossessing elderly wife , who could do naught for me but share the penury , the hard crusts , the onion pies with me and Theodore . The only advantage I might ever derive from her was that she would darn my stockings , sew the buttons on my vests , and goffer the frills of my shirts !