two o’clock in the afternoon
Her curiosity smarted . She again walked round the table , not looking at the Abbe , not addressing anybody , but comforting herself with soliloquy . ` That 's it ; that 's why we have lunch so late ! We go gadding about till two o'clock in the afternoon . We go into such disreputable houses that we do n't even dare to tell what we 've done . And then we tell lies , we deceive everybody . ' ` But nobody , ' gently interrupted Abbe Mouret , who was forcing himself to eat a little more , so as to prevent La Teuse from getting crosser than ever , ` nobody asked me if I had been to the Paradou .