three o'clock
He had reached that statesmanship of gambling which in Paris , let us say in passing , is the livelihood of thousands who are strong enough to look every night into an abyss without getting a vertigo . With his four hundred francs , Philippe resolved to make his fortune that day . He put aside , in his boots , two hundred francs , and kept the other two hundred in his pocket . At three o'clock he went to the gambling-house -LRB- which is now turned into the theatre of the Palais-Royal -RRB- , where the bank accepted the largest sums . He came out half an hour later with seven thousand francs in his pocket . Then he went to see Florentine , paid the five hundred francs which he owed to her , and proposed a supper at the Rocher de Cancale after the theatre . Returning to his game , along the rue de Sentier , he stopped at Giroudeau 's newspaper-office to notify him of the gala .