midnight
Max 's first action was to take possession of both , and to set them side by side upon the dressing-table . The candle Jacqueline delivered up in silence , but as the mug was wrested from her , she cried out in sudden vindictiveness : `` And that -- look you -- that is the cause of all ! It was Lucien 's idea ! I served a cup of _ bouillon _ to him and to his friend at midnight , for they had talked much ; and finding it good , nothing would serve but I must place a cup also for Monsieur Max , to await him on his return . Alas ! Alas ! '' Max pushed the cup away , as if to remove a side issue .