midnight
`` Your acquaintance can not have had much to do with publishers , or he would have hidden his manuscript in the loneliest spot in his dwelling , '' remarked Vernou , looking at Lucien as he spoke . Just at that moment a good-looking young man came into the shop , gave a hand to Finot and Lousteau , and nodded slightly to Vernou . The newcomer was Emile Blondet , who had made his first appearance in the _ Journal des Debats _ , with articles revealing capacities of the very highest order . `` Come and have supper with us at midnight , at Florine 's , '' said Lousteau . `` Very good , '' said the newcomer . `` But who is going to be there ? '' `` Oh , Florine and Matifat the druggist , '' said Lousteau , `` and du Bruel , the author who gave Florine the part in which she is to make her first appearance , a little old fogy named Cardot , and his son-in-law Camusot , and Finot , and -- '' `` Does your druggist do things properly ? ''