one o’clock in the morning
`` We shall be rich and happy , '' David said earnestly . `` To begin with , you must not go out nursing any more , and you must come and live with your daughter and Lucien in Angouleme . '' The three began at once to tell the astonished mother all their charming plans , and the family party gave themselves up to the pleasure of chatting and weaving a romance , in which it is so pleasant to enjoy future happiness , and to store the unsown harvest . They had to put David out at the door ; he could have wished the evening to last for ever , and it was one o'clock in the morning when Lucien and his future brother-in-law reached the Palet Gate . The unwonted movement made honest Postel uneasy ; he opened the window , and looking through the Venetian shutters , he saw a light in Eve 's room . `` What can be happening at the Chardons ' ? '' thought he , and seeing Lucien come in , he called out to him -- `` What is the matter , sonny ?