About two o'clock
Vandover was in a dreadful condition ; the Dummy got so drunk that he could talk , a peculiarity which at times had been known to occur to him . As will sometimes happen , Geary sobered up a little and at the `` Grotto '' bathed his head and face in the washroom . After this he became pretty steady , he stopped drinking , and tried to assume the management of the party , ordering their drinks for them , and casting up the amount of the check . About two o'clock they returned toward the Luxembourg , staggering and swaying . The Luxembourg was a sort of German restaurant under a theatre where one could get some very good German dishes . There Vandover had beer and sauerkraut , but Ellis took more whisky . The Dummy continued to make peculiar sounds in his throat , half-noise , half-speech , and Geary gravely informed the waiter that cherries were ripe .