midnight
All right ! I 'll have the mummy buried ; I 'll hold back my dissertations , and nothing else in the world will come to disturb our happiness . '' He went down stairs , humming an air from the _ Nozze _ . M. and Mme. Renault , who were not accustomed to going to bed after midnight , were still asleep . On going into the laboratory , he saw that the triple box of the Colonel was closed . Gothon had placed a little wooden cross and a sprig of consecrated box on the cover . `` We may as well begin masses for his soul , '' he murmured between his teeth , with a smile that might have been a little sceptical .