six o'clock
It gave birth to the most extraordinary sensations in Henry 's breast . And other names , such as ` Casino de Paris , ' ` Eldorado , ' ` Scala , ' glittered , with their guiding arrows of light , from bronze columns full in the middle of the street . And what with these devices , and the splendid glowing windows of the shops , and the enlarged photographs of surpassingly beautiful women which hung in heavy frames from almost every lamp-post , and the jollity of the slowly-moving crowds , and the incredible illustrations displayed on the newspaper kiosks , and the moon creeping up the velvet sky , and the thousands of little tables at which the jolly crowds halted to drink liquids coloured like the rainbow -- what with all that , and what with the curious gay feeling in the air , Henry felt that possibly Berlin , or Boston , or even Timbuctoo , might be a suitable and proper place for an engaged young man , but that decidedly Paris was not . At six o'clock there was no sign of Tom . He arrived at half-past seven , admitted that he was a little late , and said that a friend had given him tickets for the first performance of the new ` revue ' at the Folies-Bergère , that night . ` And now , since we are alone , we can talk , ' said Cosette , adding , ' _ Mon petit . _ ' ` Yes , ' Henry agreed .