one o'clock in the
morning
murmured Cinq-Mars . `` Perhaps I come inopportunely , '' said Joseph , soothingly . `` Perhaps very opportunely , '' said Henri d'Effiat , smiling , with a glance at De Thou . `` What can bring you here , Father , at one o'clock in the morning ? It should be some good work . '' Joseph saw he was ill-received ; and as he had always sundry reproaches to make himself with reference to all persons whom he addressed , and as many resources in his mind for getting out of the difficulty , he fancied that they had discovered the object of his visit , and felt that he should not select a moment of ill humor for preparing the way to friendship . Therefore , seating himself near the bed , he said , coldly : `` I come , Monsieur , to speak to you on the part of the Cardinal - Generalissimo , of the two Spanish prisoners you have made ; he desires to have information concerning them as soon as possible .