ten o'clock
In this one evening Daddy Cretaine , nicknamed Petit-Pain , exhausted eighteen editions of his cakes . All night long sounds of rejoicing broke out from the lodging houses , the windows of which were brilliantly lit up , and an atmosphere of revelry filled the district . The old festival of Christmas Eve was being celebrated . That evening , towards ten o'clock , Marcel and Rodolphe were proceeding homeward somewhat sadly . Passing up the Rue Dauphine they noticed a great crowd in the shop of a provision dealer , and halted a moment before the window . Tantalized by the sight of the toothsome gastronomic products , the two Bohemians resembled , during this contemplation , that person in a Spanish romance who caused hams to shrink only by looking at them . `` That is called a truffled turkey , '' said Marcel , pointing to a splendid bird , showing through its rosy and transparent skin the Perigordian tubercles with which it was stuffed .