two to five o'clock
She said to her child , `` Is your stomach-ache better , my angel ? '' Madame Bovary senior found nothing to censure except perhaps this mania of knitting jackets for orphans instead of mending her own house-linen ; but , harassed with domestic quarrels , the good woman took pleasure in this quiet house , and she even staid there till after Easter , to escape the sarcasms of old Bovary , who never failed on Good Friday to order chitterlings . Besides the companionship of her mother-in-law , who strengthened her a little by the rectitude of her judgment and her grave ways , Emma almost every day had other visitors . These were Madame Langlois , Madame Caron , Madame Dubreuil , Madame Tuvache , and regularly from two to five o'clock the excellent Madame Homais , who , for her part , had never believed any of the tittle-tattle about her neighbor . The little Homais also came to see her ; Justin accompanied them . He went up with them to her bedroom , and remained standing near the door , motionless and mute . Often even Madame Bovary , taking no heed of him , began her toilette .