About six o'clock
When he came to the distribution of the prizes , he painted the joy of the prize-winners in dithyrambic strophes . `` The father embraced the son , the brother the brother , the husband his consort . More than one showed his humble medal with pride ; and no doubt when he got home to his good housewife , he hung it up weeping on the modest walls of his cot . `` About six o'clock a banquet prepared in the meadow of Monsieur Leigeard brought together the principal personages of the fête . The greatest cordiality reigned here . Divers toasts were proposed . Monsieur Lieuvain , the King ; Monsieur Tuvache , the Prefect ; Monsieur Derozerays , Agriculture ; Monsieur Homais , Industry and the Fine Arts , those twin sisters ; Monsieur Leplichey , Progress .