half past eleven
`` Farewell , then , '' said Mimi , in trembling tones . And they separated . Rodolphe went home and threw himself , without undressing , upon his bed . At half past eleven , Mademoiselle Mimi entered his room . `` I have come to ask your hospitality , '' said she . `` Amelie 's lover has stayed with her , and I can not get in . '' They talked together until three in the morning -- an explanatory conversation which grew gradually more familiar .