Six o’clock
He shook his comrade , who had not taken off his clothes . I observed that he was too weak to walk , but the bookbinder would not listen : he made him get up , and half dragged , half supported him to the lodge of the porter , who ran for a hackney carriage . I saw the sick man get into it , almost fainting , with the impatient waterman ; and they both set off , one perhaps to die , the other to dine at Courtville Gardens ! Six o'clock . -- I have been to knock at my neighbor 's door , who opened it himself ; and I have given him his letter , finished at last , and directed to his son 's widow . M. Antoine thanked me gratefully , and made me sit down . It was the first time I had been into the attic of the old amateur .