midnight
Then began the eternal lamentation : `` Oh , if Heaven had but willed it ! And why not ? What prevented it ? '' When Charles came home at midnight , she seemed to have just awakened , and as he made a noise undressing , she complained of a headache , then asked carelessly what had happened that evening . `` Monsieur Léon , '' he said , `` went to his room early . '' She could not help smiling , and she fell asleep , her soul filled with a new delight . The next day , at dusk , she received a visit from Monsieur Lheureux , the draper .