one o'clock
Mother Coupeau was not hungry , being too choked up to be able to eat . Gervaise found herself very thirsty , and drank several large glasses of water with a small amount of wine added . `` I 'll settle for this , '' said Coupeau , going at once to the bar , where he paid four francs and five sous . It was now one o'clock and the other guests began to arrive . Madame Fauconnier , a fat woman , still good looking , first put in an appearance ; she wore a chintz dress with a flowery pattern , a pink tie and a cap over-trimmed with flowers . Next came Mademoiselle Remanjou , looking very thin in the eternal black dress which she seemed to keep on even when she went to bed ; and the two Gaudrons -- the husband , like some heavy animal and almost bursting his brown jacket at the slightest movement , the wife , an enormous woman , whose figure indicated evident signs of an approaching maternity and whose stiff violet colored skirt still more increased her rotundity . Coupeau explained that they were not to wait for My-Boots ; his comrade would join the party on the Route de Saint-Denis .