two in the morning
it was _ she _ , was it ? '' cried Beatrix ; `` I will make her rue it . '' `` To revenge yourself thoroughly , '' said the young man in her ear , `` you ought to recover your husband ; and I am capable of bringing him back to you . '' The conversation , thus begun , went on till two in the morning , without allowing Calyste , whose anger was again and again repressed by a look from Beatrix , to say one word to her in private . La Palferine , though he did not like Beatrix , showed a superiority of grace , good taste , and cleverness equal to the evident inferiority of Calyste , who wriggled in his chair like a worm cut in two , and actually rose three times as if to box the ears of La Palferine . The third time that he made a dart forward , the young count said to him , `` Are you in pain , monsieur ? '' in a manner which sent Calyste back to his chair , where he sat as rigid as a mile-stone .