five o’clock
He spent his nights at the club , his mornings in bed , and from the moment he awoke his room was full of people who talked to him as he dressed , and to whom he replied , sponge in hand . If , by a miracle , de Gery caught him alone for a second , he fled , stopping his words with a `` Not now , not now , I beg of you . '' In the end the young man had recourse to drastic measures . One morning , towards five o'clock , when Jansoulet came home from his club , he found a letter on the table near his bed . At first he took it to be one of the many anonymous denunciations he received daily . It was indeed a denunciation , but it was signed and undisguised ; and it breathed in every word the loyalty and the earnest youthfulness of him who wrote it . De Gery pointed out very clearly all the infamies and all the double dealing which surrounded him .