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At nightfall Honore returned , and when he went up to the bed and saw that his mother was still alive he asked : `` How is she ? '' just as he had done formerly , when she had been sick . Then he sent La Rapet away , saying to her : `` To-morrow morning at five o'clock , without fail . '' And she replied : `` To-morrow at five o'clock . '' She came at daybreak , and found Honore eating his soup , which he had made himself , before going to work . `` Well , is your mother dead ? '' asked the nurse .