five o’clock
Staggering , and as if pursued by the tempest upstairs , Claude disappeared behind the clumps of shrubbery in the garden . But two hours later Sandoz , who after losing Mahoudeau had just found him again with Jory and Fagerolles , perceived the unhappy painter again standing in front of his picture , at the same spot where he had met him the first time . At the moment of going off the wretched fellow had come up there again , harassed and attracted despite himself . There was now the usual five o'clock crush . The crowd , weary of winding round the galleries , became distracted , and pushed and shoved without ever finding its way out . Since the coolness of the morning , the heat of all the human bodies , the odour of all the breath exhaled there had made the atmosphere heavy , and the dust of the floors , flying about , rose up in a fine mist . People still took each other to see certain pictures , the subjects of which alone struck and attracted the crowd .