eight to ten o'clock
People of no account , and those who have nothing to do , may be able to let their time slip by in doing nothing . It is very well for women , children , poets , and riffraff . M. Godefroy had other fish to fry ; and the work of the day which was commencing promised to be exceptionally heavy . From half-past eight to ten o'clock he had a meeting at his office with a certain number of gentlemen , all of whom bore a striking resemblance to M. Godefroy . Like him , they were very nervous ; they had risen with the sun , they were all _ blasés _ , and they all had the same object in view -- to gain money . After breakfast -LRB- which he took after the meeting -RRB- , M. Godefroy had to leap into his carriage and rush to the Bourse , to exchange a few words with other gentlemen who had also risen at dawn , but who had not the least spark of imagination among them . -LRB- The conversations were always on the same subject -- money . -RRB-