four o’clock
It was droll ; it showed a ready fancy . Oh , to be sure , they must get to work together on those scenarios . `` I shall prefer it to carpentering , '' said Andre-Louis . Nevertheless he had to go back to it that afternoon , and to labour strenuously until four o'clock , when at last the autocratic Binet announced himself satisfied with the preparations , and proceeded , again with the help of Andre-Louis , to prepare the lights , which were supplied partly by tallow candles and partly by lamps burning fish-oil . At five o'clock that evening the three knocks were sounded , and the curtain rose on `` The Heartless Father . '' Among the duties inherited by Andre-Louis from the departed Felicien whom he replaced , was that of doorkeeper . This duty he discharged dressed in a Polichinelle costume , and wearing a pasteboard nose .