midnight
said Solonet , `` you are beginning to understand business . '' `` Alas ! I must , '' she said , sighing . `` I am told that a great many persons are coming to your midnight service , '' said Solonet , perceiving that his presence was inopportune , and preparing to go . Madame Evangelista accompanied him to the door of the last salon , and there she said , in a low voice : -- `` I now have personal property to the amount of two hundred and fifty thousand francs ; if I can get two hundred thousand for my share of the house it will make a handsome capital , which I shall want to invest to the very best advantage . I count on you for that . I shall probably live at Lanstrac . ''