midnight
`` Shut the door , Florent ! '' he cried unceremoniously . `` We ca n't even be by ourselves , it seems ! '' When midnight came and Lacaille went away he exchanged a few whispered words with Monsieur Lebigre , and as the latter shook hands with him he slipped four five-franc pieces into his palm , without anyone noticing it . `` That 'll make twenty-two francs that you 'll have to pay to-morrow , remember , '' he whispered in his ear . `` The person who lends the money wo n't do it for less in future . Do n't forget , too , that you owe three days ' truck hire .