about two o’clock
Pshaw ! never mind ! '' After which he smoked three pipes and went to bed . The next day when he was up -LRB- at about two o'clock -- he had slept late -RRB- , Rodolphe had a basket of apricots picked . He put his letter at the bottom under some vine leaves , and at once ordered Girard , his ploughman , to take it with care to Madame Bovary . He made use of this means for corresponding with her , sending according to the season fruits or game . `` If she asks after me , '' he said , `` you will tell her that I have gone on a journey .