five o’clock in the evening
Cibot was Schmucke 's tailor ; his clothes cost him on average a hundred and fifty francs , which further swells the total to the sum of twelve hundred . On twelve hundred francs per annum this profound philosopher lived . How many people in Europe , whose one thought it is to come to Paris and live there , will be agreeably surprised to learn that you may exist in comfort upon an income of twelve hundred francs in the Rue de Normandie in the Marais , under the wing of a Mme. Cibot . Mme. Cibot , to resume the story , was amazed beyond expression to see Pons , good man , return at five o'clock in the evening . Such a thing had never happened before ; and not only so , but `` her gentleman '' had given her no greeting -- had not so much as seen her ! `` Well , well , Cibot , '' said she to her spouse , `` M. Pons has come in for a million , or gone out of his mind ! '' `` That is how it looks to me , '' said Cibot , dropping the coat-sleeve in which he was making a `` dart , '' in tailor 's language .