seven o'clock
That wo n't hinder me from paying them back to-morrow . '' He , therefore , lunched for two francs fifty centimes . On reaching the office he also gave three francs to the messenger , saying : `` Here , Foucart , here is the money you lent me last night for my cab . '' He worked till seven o'clock . Then he went and dined taking another three francs . The two evening bocks brought the expenditure of the day up to nine francs thirty centimes . But as he could not re-establish a credit or create fresh resources in twenty-four hours , he borrowed another six francs fifty centimes the next day from the twenty he was going to return that very evening , so that he came to keep his appointment with just four francs twenty centimes in his pocket .