six o’clock in the morning
You are as red as if you had been dancing a whole night . ' But Desiree only clapped her hands and turned away and bustled about again . La Teuse , for her part , complained that her legs were sinking under her . Since six o'clock in the morning her big carcass had been perpetually rolling between the kitchen and the yard , for she had black puddings to make . It was she who had whisked the blood in two large earthenware pans , and she had thought that she would never get finished , since mademoiselle was for ever calling her away for mere nothings . It must be admitted that , at the very moment when the butcher was bleeding Matthew , Desiree had been thrilled with wild excitement , for Lisa , the cow , was about to calve . And the girl 's delight at this had quite turned her head .