about midnight
You must forgive me , I did not think of the worry I might cause you , I thought that everything would be satisfactorily arranged . I must thank you both -- yourself and Guillaume -- for the few days of quietude that you have procured to an old vagabond and madman like myself . '' Then , as they tried to prevail on him to remain until the following morning , he would not listen to them . There would be a train for Brussels about midnight , and he had ample time to take it . He refused to let Morin accompany him . No , no , said he , Morin was not a rich man , and moreover he had work to attend to . Why should he take him away from his duties , when it was so easy , so simple , for him to go off alone ?