seven o’clock
Little was eaten at dinner , for they had done too much honor to the crawfish at noon . And at nine o'clock , as soon as Celeste arrived for Andree , the gathering broke up . Ambroise was returning to Paris that same evening . Blaise and Denis were to take the seven o'clock train the following morning . And Rose , after accompanying Madame Desvignes and her daughters to the road , called to them through the darkness : `` Au revoir , come back soon . '' She was again full of gayety at the thought of the general rendezvous which the family had arranged for the approaching weddings . Neither Mathieu nor Marianne went to bed at once , however .