hour after midnight
It was insisted upon and stipulated for by the lady , that after Monsieur was got to bed , and the candle and fire extinguished , that Monsieur should not speak one single word the whole night . Granted ; provided Monsieur 's saying his prayers might not be deemed an infraction of the treaty . There was but one point forgot in this treaty , and that was the manner in which the lady and myself should be obliged to undress and get to bed ; -- there was but one way of doing it , and that I leave to the reader to devise ; protesting as I do it , that if it is not the most delicate in nature , ’t is the fault of his own imagination , -- against which this is not my first complaint . Now , when we were got to bed , whether it was the novelty of the situation , or what it was , I know not ; but so it was , I could not shut my eyes ; I tried this side , and that , and turn 'd and turn 'd again , till a full hour after midnight ; when Nature and patience both wearing out , -- O , my God ! said I. -- You have broke the treaty , Monsieur , said the lady , who had no more slept than myself . -- I begg 'd a thousand pardons -- but insisted it was no more than an ejaculation . She maintained ' twas an entire infraction of the treaty -- I maintain 'd it was provided for in the clause of the third article .