two in the morning
Henceforward hot lobster ceased to be a myth with Schaunard , who contracted a passion for it that bordered on delirium . The four friends departed from the gorgeous banquet as drunk as a vintage-day . Marcel 's intoxication was near having the most deplorable consequences . In passing by his tailor 's , at two in the morning , he absolutely wanted to wake up his creditor , and pay him the hundred and fifty francs on account . A ray of reason which flashed across the mind of Colline , stopped the artist on the border of this precipice . A week after , Marcel discovered in what gallery his picture had been placed . While passing through the Faubourg St. Honore , he stopped in the midst of a group which seemed to regard with curiosity a sign that was being put up over a shop door .