three
in the afternoon
Had it been a pincushion that had cost three sous , it would have affected her as much . And then there was cake and wine and sweetmeats ; and after a few minutes Marie disappeared . For an hour or so the capitaine was taken up with the congratulating of his friends , and with the efforts necessary to the wearing of his new honours with an air of ease ; but after that time he began to be uneasy because his wife did not come to him . At two or three in the afternoon he went to La Mère Bauche to complain . `` This lackadaisical nonsense is no good , '' he said . `` At any rate it is too late now . Marie had better come down among us and show herself satisfied with her husband . ''