twelve o'clock at night
and `` Vive la Réforme ! '' were heard and , also , the roll of drums as a body of troops passed along ; knots of individuals gathered around the doors of bakers ' shops , and , while they eagerly ate their bread and sausage , as eagerly denounced Guizot and the Ministry . But all was comparative order in Paris . It was twelve o'clock at night , on the 22nd of February , 1848 . Lights still gleamed in the vast edifice of `` Le National '' printing office , and in the editorial chamber were assembled the chiefs of the revolution . `` All goes well , '' said Louis Blanc . `` The blow is struck ; let it only be followed up , and the efforts of the past ten years will not prove vain ! ''