six o’clock in summer
`` Not quite so early as the old monks , '' said Madame de la Chanterie , courteously , `` but as early as the working-men , -- six in winter , half-past three in summer . Our bed-time is ruled by that of the sun . We are always asleep by nine in winter and eleven in summer . On rising , we all take a little milk , which comes from our farm , after saying our prayers , except the Abbe de Veze , who says the first mass , at six o'clock in summer and seven o'clock in winter , at Notre-Dame , where these gentlemen are present daily , as well as your humble servant . '' Madame de la Chanterie ended her explanation as the five lodgers took their seats at table . The dining-room , painted throughout in gray , the design of the woodwork being in the style of Louis XIV. , adjoined the sort of antechamber in which Manon was usually stationed , and it seemed to be parallel with Madame de la Chanterie 's bedroom , which also opened into the salon . This room had no other ornament than a tall clock .