about noon
Several working stone-cutters sent an architectural model in plaster to the last exhibition . A few days have elapsed since the conflagration of M. Hardy 's factory . The following scene takes place in the Rue Clovis , in the house where Rodin had lodged , and which was still inhabited by Rose-Pompon , who , without the least scruple , availed herself of the household arrangements of her friend Philemon . It was about noon , and Rose-Pompon , alone in the chamber of the student , who was still absent , was breakfasting very gayly by the fireside ; but how singular a breakfast ! what a queer fire ! how strange an apartment ! Imagine a large room , lighted by two windows without curtains -- for as they looked on empty space , the lodger had fear of being overlooked .