about six o’clock
But the members of Committee No. 8 did not laugh . They were all , or nearly all , Sarigues in their way , two or three of them being absolutely broken down , stricken by partial paralysis . So much assurance , such great eloquence , had moved them to enthusiasm . When Jansoulet issued from the legislative assembly , reconducted to his carriage by his grateful colleague , it was about six o'clock . The splendid weather -- a beautiful sunset over the Seine , which lay stretching away like molten gold on the Trocadero side -- was a temptation to a walk for this robust plebeian , on whom it was imposed by the conventions that he should ride in a carriage and wear gloves , but who escaped such encumbrances as often as he possibly could . He dismissed his servants , and , with his portfolio under his arm , set forth across the Pont de la Concorde . Since the first of May he had not experienced such a sense of well-being .