two in the morning
The woman answered sneeringly that he knew very well , or he might know , where to find his grandfather ; the reason why he had not come in , she said , was because he had gone to live at the chateau de Clichy . This malicious speech , from the woman who had coaxed and wheedled him the evening before , put the lad into another frenzy , and he rushed to the hospital once more , desperate with the idea that his grandfather was in prison . Baron Bourlac had wandered all night round the hospital , where he was refused entrance , and round the private residence of Dr. Halpersohn from whom he wished , naturally , to obtain an explanation of such treatment . The doctor did not get home till two in the morning . At half-past one the old man was at his door ; on being told he was absent , he turned and walked about the grand alley of the Champs Elysees until half-past two . When he again went to the house , the porter told him that Monsieur Halpersohn had returned , gone to bed , was asleep , and could not be disturbed . The poor father , in despair , wandered along the quay and under the frost-laden trees of the Cours-la-reine , waiting for daylight .