seven o'clock
When the midwife arrived , a quarter of an hour later , she found mother and baby lying there on the floor . The zinc-worker was still employed at the hospital . Gervaise would not have him disturbed . When he came home at seven o'clock , he found her in bed , well covered up , looking very pale on the pillow , and the child crying , swathed in a shawl at its mother 's feet . `` Ah , my poor wife ! '' said Coupeau , kissing Gervaise . `` And I was joking only an hour ago , whilst you were crying with pain !