two
o’clock in the afternoon
If she still brought her a twenty-franc piece every month , it was because charitable people intrusted her with fairly large amounts , knowing that she could distribute them to advantage in the dreadful inferno which her functions compelled her to frequent . She set her last joy and found the great consolation of her desolate , childless life in thus remitting alms to poor mothers whose little ones laughed at her joyously as soon as they saw her arrive with her hands full of good things . One day when the weather was frightful , all rain and wind , Madame Angelin lingered for a little while in Norine 's room . It was barely two o'clock in the afternoon , and she was just beginning her round . On her lap lay her little bag , bulging out with the gold and the silver which she had to distribute . Old Moineaud was there , installed on a chair and smoking his pipe , in front of her . And she felt concerned about his needs , and explained that she would have greatly liked to obtain a monthly relief allowance for him .