about six o'clock
But the members of the eighth committee did not laugh . They were all , or almost all , of the Sarigue species , two or three being absolutely nerveless , afflicted with partial loss of the power of speech . Such self-assurance , such eloquence had aroused their enthusiasm . When Jansoulet left the Corps Législatif , escorted to his carriage by his grateful colleague , it was about six o'clock . The superb weather , a gorgeous sunset over by the Trocadéro , across the Seine , which shone like burnished gold , tempted that robust plebeian , whom the conventional proprieties of his position compelled to ride in a carriage and to wear gloves , but who dispensed with them as often as possible , to return on foot . He sent away his servants , and started across Pont de la Concorde , his leather satchel under his arm . He had known no such feeling of contentment since the first of May .