four o'clock
Paul , on the other hand , was happy . He kept more than ever near the pretty insignificant girl with whom he had danced so much , and the good-hearted fellow did not feel in the least jealous when , in the long pause of the cotillion , his partner went to speak to his friend who had stood lonely for so long , and had hardly enjoyed himself at all . Paul was sufficiently decorated ; he got a sufficient number of glances from girls ' bright eyes to be quite contented , he paid a sufficient number of compliments , great and small , for which he was thanked by sweet smiles , and perhaps with tiny sighs , and he had the feeling that he had lived in every fiber of his being , and that his time had been marvelously well employed . He could have stayed for several hours longer , and was quite astonished when toward four o'clock the tireless young people 's parents put an end to the evening by their departure . As Wilhelm came up to Loulou she had ceased to look cross . Near her stood the hero of the cotillion , the lieutenant of the Guards , covered with the little favors the ladies had given him . But that did not prevent her saying in quite a tender voice , `` I shall see you soon again , shall I not ? ''