one to four o’clock
They are quickly found out ; the suggestions of instinct are too natural , too open to the eye not to be seen at a glance ; whereas , the conceptions of the mind require an equal amount of intellect to discover them . After buying the gratitude of his heirs , and thus , as it were , shutting their mouths , the wily doctor made a pretext of his occupations , his habits , and the care of the little Ursula to avoid receiving his relatives without exactly closing his doors to them . He liked to dine alone ; he went to bed late and he got up late ; he had returned to his native place for the very purpose of finding rest in solitude . These whims of an old man seemed to be natural , and his relatives contented themselves with paying him weekly visits on Sundays from one to four o'clock , to which , however , he tried to put a stop by saying : `` Do n't come and see me unless you want something . '' The doctor , while not refusing to be called in consultation over serious cases , especially if the patients were indigent , would not serve as a physician in the little hospital of Nemours , and declared that he no longer practiced his profession . `` I 've killed enough people , '' he said , laughing , to the Abbe Chaperon , who , knowing his benevolence , would often get him to attend the poor . `` He 's an original ! ''