midnight
It was a hideous and depressing sight . The grass , which had hardly begun to grow , was already turning yellow beneath the feet of the crowd . The dust was black ; and yet , every Thursday , the cocotte aristocracy passed through on the way to the Casino , with a great show of rickety carriages and borrowed postilions . All these things gave pleasure to that fanatical Parisian , Sidonie ; and then , too , in her childhood , she had heard a great deal about Asnieres from the illustrious Delobelle , who would have liked to have , like so many of his profession , a little villa in those latitudes , a cozy nook in the country to which to return by the midnight train , after the play is done . All these dreams of little Chebe , Sidonie Risler had realized . The brothers went to the gate opening on the quay , in which the key was usually left . They entered , making their way among trees and shrubs of recent growth .