midnight
Lantier interposed and said soothingly : `` Never mind ! We will talk of it another time -- tomorrow , possibly . '' The family were to sit up all night . Nana cried vociferously when she was sent into the Boche quarters to sleep ; the Poissons remained until midnight . Virginia began to talk of the country : she would like to be buried under a tree with flowers and grass on her grave . Mme Lerat said that in her wardrobe -- folded up in lavender -- was the linen sheet in which her body was to be wrapped . When the Poissons went away Lantier accompanied them in order , he said , to leave his bed for the ladies , who could take turns in sleeping there .