midnight
He concluded that on some similar early voyage Paul must have undergone the manipulations of some pagan artist . Covering his arm again with his laced coat-sleeve , Paul glanced ironically at the hand of the same arm , now again half muffled in ruffles , and ornamented with several Parisian rings . He then resumed his walking with a prowling air , like one haunting an ambuscade ; while a gleam of the consciousness of possessing a character as yet un-fathomed , and hidden power to back unsuspected projects , irradiated his cold white brow , which , owing to the shade of his hat in equatorial climates , had been left surmounting his swarthy face , like the snow topping the Andes . So at midnight , the heart of the metropolis of modern civilization was secretly trod by this jaunty barbarian in broadcloth ; a sort of prophetical ghost , glimmering in anticipation upon the advent of those tragic scenes of the French Revolution which levelled the exquisite refinement of Paris with the bloodthirsty ferocity of Borneo ; showing that broaches and finger-rings , not less than nose-rings and tattooing , are tokens of the primeval savageness which ever slumbers in human kind , civilized or uncivilized . Israel slept not a wink that night . The troubled spirit of Paul paced the chamber till morning ; when , copiously bathing himself at the wash-stand , Paul looked care-free and fresh as a daybreak hawk . After a closeted consultation with Doctor Franklin , he left the place with a light and dandified air , switching his gold-headed cane , and throwing a passing arm round all the pretty chambermaids he encountered , kissing them resoundingly , as if saluting a frigate .