midnight
After all , he was the man for it all . Well , first of all there must be a German placard down on the street - door , and then they must make the rooms known . Pelle had studied both German and English in the prison , and he made up the placard himself . He had cards printed , and left them in the artistes ' tavern at the corner of Vesterbro Street , went there himself two or three times after midnight when the artistes gathered there when their work was finished , and stationed himself at the stage-entrances of the music-halls . He soon came to look upon it as a task to be performed , like everything with which he occupied himself ; and this _ should _ succeed ! Ellen looked on wondering and helpless . She had all at once grown frightened , and followed each of his movements with anxious attention .