five o'clock
They used to go out together , and thus it was that Satin one day took her friend to see another woman . This woman turned out to be that very Mme Robert who had interested Nana and inspired her with a certain respect ever since she had refused to come to her supper . Mme Robert lived in the Rue Mosnier , a silent , new street in the Quartier de l'Europe , where there were no shops , and the handsome houses with their small , limited flats were peopled by ladies . It was five o'clock , and along the silent pavements in the quiet , aristocratic shelter of the tall white houses were drawn up the broughams of stock-exchange people and merchants , while men walked hastily about , looking up at the windows , where women in dressing jackets seemed to be awaiting them . At first Nana refused to go up , remarking with some constraint that she had not the pleasure of the lady 's acquaintance . But Satin would take no refusal . She was only desirous of paying a civil call , for Mme Robert , whom she had met in a restaurant the day before , had made herself extremely agreeable and had got her to promise to come and see her .