noon
Just to think that her shop and future prosperity lay between those dirty leaves ! Before going to her work she consulted Mme Goujet , who approved of the plan . With a husband like hers , who never drank , she could not fail of success . At noon she called on her sister-in-law to ask her advice , for she did not wish to have the air of concealing anything from the family . Mme Lorilleux was confounded . What , did Wooden Legs think of having an establishment of her own ? And with an envious heart she stammered out that it would be very well , certainly , but when she had recovered herself a little she began to talk of the dampness of the courtyard and of the darkness of the _ rez-de-chaussee _ .