five o’clock
In fact , Irma had taken them all by storm . Sandoz declared that her name of Becot was very well suited for a novel ; Claude asked whether she would consent to pose for a sketch ; while Mahoudeau already pictured her as a Paris gamin , a statuette that would be sure to sell . She soon went off , however , and behind the gentleman 's back she wafted kisses to the whole party , a shower of kisses which quite upset the impressionable Jory . It was five o'clock , and the band ordered some more beer . Some of the usual customers had taken possession of the adjacent tables , and these philistines cast sidelong glances at the artists ' corner , glances in which contempt was curiously mingled with a kind of uneasy deference . The artists were indeed well known ; a legend was becoming current respecting them . They themselves were now talking on common-place subjects : about the heat , the difficulty of finding room in the omnibus to the Odeon , and the discovery of a wine-shop where real meat was obtainable .