ten o'clock
in the evening
But the champagne made him drunk , and the cigar made him sick , so that he did not touch the food when it was brought to him , and went to bed almost unconscious . Waking next morning as fresh as an apple , he went at once to the gipsies ' camp , which was in a suburb beyond the river , and of which he had heard the day before at the club . He did not reappear at the hotel for two days . At last , at five o'clock in the afternoon of the previous day , he had returned drunk , had at once gone to bed , and had slept till ten o'clock in the evening . On waking up he had asked for a cutlet , a bottle of Chateau d'Yquem , and some grapes , paper , and ink , and his bill . No one noticed anything special about him ; he was quiet , gentle , and friendly . He must have shot himself at about midnight , though it was strange that no one had heard the shot , and they only raised the alarm at midday , when , after knocking in vain , they had broken in the door .