midnight
Their work done for the night , Philidor set off post haste in search of quarters for Yvonne ; but the inns were full and it was too late to search elsewhere . So he bought a truss of straw and one of hay -LRB- for Clarissa and the shaggy phantom -RRB- and brought them to the _ roulotte _ upon his back . The night was mild , and so he made Yvonne 's bed and his own within the enclosure , and amid a babel of sounds , above which the barrel organ of the carousel near by wheezed tremulously , they dropped upon the blankets , dead tired , and fell asleep at once . The sun was not long in the heavens before the barrel organ , silenced at midnight , renewed its plaint and the business of the day began . After an early breakfast Cleofonte and Luigi retired to the dressing tent , emerging after a while in gorgeous costumes of pink fleshings and spangles , their hair well greased with pomatum , their mustachios elaborately curled . The Signora and Stella soon followed , their hair wreathed in tight braids around their heads . The _ bambino _ , neglected , was howling lustily , so Yvonne took him in her lap upon the straw and soothed him to slumber while the carpet was laid and the impediments of the athletes brought out and placed near by for the day 's work .