about midnight
I will find an opportunity of doing so . '' He did not find the opportunity , and said nothing , shirking before the difficulty of opening this delicate subject . She did not speak of going out , and was in every way charming . They separated about midnight , after making an appointment for the Wednesday of the following week , for Madame de Marelle was engaged to dine out several days in succession . The next day , as Duroy , on paying for his breakfast , felt for the four coins that ought to be remaining to him , he perceived that they were five , and one of them a gold one . At the outset he thought that he had received it by mistake in his change the day before , then he understood it , and his heart throbbed with humiliation at this persistent charity . How he now regretted not having said anything !