two o’clock in the morning
`` My dear friend , '' said Madame d'Espard in Raoul 's ear , `` you are a lucky fellow . You have made more than one conquest to-night , and among them that of the charming woman who has just left us so abruptly . '' `` Do you know what the Marquise d'Espard meant by that ? '' said Raoul to Rastignac , when they happened to be comparatively alone between one and two o'clock in the morning . `` I am told that the Comtesse de Vandenesse has taken a violent fancy to you . You are not to be pitied ! '' said Rastignac .