four o'clock
She could not even suggest a father . Ah , dear heaven , the man who made him would have a splendid notion had he kept him in his own hands , for nobody asked for him ; he was in everybody 's way , and he would certainly not have much happiness in life ! Meanwhile Zoe described the catastrophe . `` Madame was seized with colic toward four o'clock . When she did n't come back out of the dressing room I went in and found her lying stretched on the floor in a faint . Yes , monsieur , on the floor in a pool of blood , as though she had been murdered . Then I understood , you see .