two o’clock
Sonet 's agent and M. Sonet himself came to help Topinard to carry poor Schmucke into the marble-works hard by , where Mme. Sonet and Mme. Vitelot -LRB- Sonet 's partner 's wife -RRB- were eagerly prodigal of efforts to revive him . Topinard stayed . He had seen Fraisier in conversation with Sonet 's agent , and Fraisier , in his opinion , had gallows-bird written on his face . An hour later , towards half-past two o'clock , the poor , innocent German came to himself . Schmucke thought that he had been dreaming for the past two days ; if he could only wake , he should find Pons still alive . So many wet towels had been laid on his forehead , he had been made to inhale salts and vinegar to such an extent , that he opened his eyes at last . Mme. Sonet make him take some meat-soup , for they had put the pot on the fire at the marble-works .