eleven o’clock
thought Ferdinand to himself . The Count 's knowledge of human nature is like my friend the waiter 's experience . One assures me that I am certain to marry a woman because she is engaged to another person , and the other , that it is quite clear my debts will be paid because they are so large ! The Count remained with his friend until eleven o'clock , when everybody was locked up . He invited himself to dine with him to-morrow , and promised that he should have a whole collection of French novels before he awoke . And assuring him over and over again that he looked upon him as the most fortunate of all his friends , and that if he broke the bank at Crocky 's to-night , which he fancied he should , he would send him two or three thousand pounds ; at the same time he shook him heartily by the hand , and descended the staircase of the spunging-house , humming _ Vive la Bagatelle _ . _ The Crisis _ .