six o'clock
I lifted him out of his bed in the antechamber and carried him into mine in the office . I found a coil of rope , and strapped him tightly in the chair-bedstead so that he could not move . I tied a scarf round his mouth so that he could not scream . Then , at six o'clock , when the humbler eating-houses begin to take down their shutters , I went out . I had Theodore 's five francs in my pocket , and I was desperately hungry . I spent ten sous on a cup of coffee and a plate of fried onions and haricot beans , and three francs on a savoury pie , highly flavoured with garlic , and a quarter-bottle of excellent cognac . I drank the coffee and ate the onions and the beans , and I took the pie and cognac home .