five o'clock
Shamefaced , vanquished , crushed , he retraced his steps to the railway-station , and returned to Paris . The cabman who drove him assured him that the barricades were erected from the Château d'Eau to the Gymnase , and turned down the Faubourg Saint-Martin . At the corner of the Rue de Provence , Frederick stepped out in order to reach the boulevards . It was five o'clock . A thin shower was falling . A number of citizens blocked up the footpath close to the Opera House . The houses opposite were closed .