about a
quarter to eight
Formerly , he was regarded as a god , and was called Osiris , Apollyon , and I do n't know what else . But do not imagine that because the sun is so important he is of greater influence than M. Jean-Baptiste Godefroy , millionaire banker , director of the _ Comptoir Général de Crédit _ , administrator of several big companies , deputy and member of the General Counsel of the Eure , officer of the Legion of Honor , etc. , etc. . And whatever opinion the sun may have about himself , he certainly has not a higher opinion than M. Jean-Baptiste Godefroy has of _ him _ self . So we are authorized to state , and we consider ourselves justified in stating , that on the morning in question , at about a quarter to eight , the sun and M. Jean-Baptiste Godefroy rose . Certainly the manner of rising of these two great powers mentioned was not the same . The good old sun began by doing a great many pretty actions . As the sleet had , during the night , covered the bare branches of the trees in the boulevard Malesherbes , where the _ hôtel _ Godefroy is situated , with a powdered coating , the great magician sun amused himself by transforming the branches into great bouquets of red coral .