Six o'clock
remarked Marcel , `` there are several on the landing , fastened along the wall . Suppose we were to gather them . '' `` Certainly , let us gather them by all means , '' said Rodolphe , starting off to seize on the chairs , which belonged to some neighbor . Six o'clock struck : the two friends went off to a hasty dinner , and returned to light up the saloons . They were themselves dazzled by the result . At seven o'clock Schaunard arrived , accompanied by three ladies , who had forgotten their diamonds and their bonnets . One of them wore a red shawl with black spots .