Six o'clock
Perhaps he would succeed in escaping ; perhaps they would kill him ; in any case he should never see the Padre again , and it was all vanity and vexation of spirit . One of the warders brought in supper , and the Gadfly looked up with heavy-eyed indifference . `` What time is it ? '' `` Six o'clock . Your supper , sir . '' He looked with disgust at the stale , foul-smelling , half-cold mess , and turned his head away . He was feeling bodily ill as well as depressed ; and the sight of the food sickened him .