four o'clock in the afternoon
After bawling about having her brought back by the police , he had simply put somebody else in her place at night . Little Violaine was the understudy , and she had even obtained a very pretty success as the Blonde Venus . Which piece of news made Nana rather serious . It was only four o'clock in the afternoon , and there was some talk of taking a stroll around . `` Oh , I have n't told you , '' said Nana , `` I was just off to get up potatoes when you arrived . '' Thereupon they all wanted to go and dig potatoes without even changing their dresses first . It was quite a party .