nine in the evening
That fine fellow played you a comedy , Monsieur l'Abbe . He is n't at all ill , and if you left him any money you may be sure he went down to drink it as soon as you were gone . For he is always drunk ; and , besides that , he has the most hateful disposition imaginable , crying out from morning till evening against the _ bourgeois _ , and saying that if he had any strength left in his arms he would undertake to blow up the whole show . And , moreover , he wo n't go into the asylum ; he says that it 's a real prison where one 's guarded by Beguins who force one to hear mass , a dirty convent where the gates are shut at nine in the evening ! And there are so many of them like that , who rather than be succoured prefer their liberty , with cold and hunger and death . Well then , let the Laveuves die in the street , since they refuse to be with us , and be warm and eat in our asylums ! '' The General and Amadieu nodded their heads approvingly .