six o'clock
So they returned by the Boulevards and the Faubourg du Poissonniers . Coupeau , however , considered that their outing could not end like that . He bundled them all into a wineshop where they took some vermouth . The repast was ordered for six o'clock . At the Silver Windmill , they had been waiting for the wedding party for a good twenty minutes . Madame Boche , who had got a lady living in the same house to attend to her duties for the evening , was conversing with mother Coupeau in the first floor room , in front of the table , which was all laid out ; and the two youngsters , Claude and Etienne , whom she had brought with her , were playing about beneath the table and amongst the chairs . When Gervaise , on entering caught sight of the little ones , whom she had not seen all the day , she took them on her knees , and caressed and kissed them .