about seven o'clock
It was only at daybreak that I had recovered a fuller consciousness of what was going on around me . The creaking of hinges startled me out of my stupor . Mme Gabin had just opened the window . It must have been about seven o'clock , for I heard the cries of hawkers in the street , the shrill voice of a girl offering groundsel and the hoarse voice of a man shouting `` Carrots ! '' The clamorous awakening of Paris pacified me at first . I could not believe that I should be laid under the sod in the midst of so much life ; and , besides , a sudden thought helped to calm me . It had just occurred to me that I had witnessed a case similar to my own when I was employed at the hospital of Guerande .