nearly midnight
Her husband was the disagreeable beaky-nosed man who gave me five sous to go away . A sense of desolation , disaster , disillusionment overwhelmed me . I sat on the bench and burst out crying and Narcisse jumped up and licked my face . IT was nearly midnight when Paragot returned to our inn on the outskirts of the town . He reeled up to the doorstep where I sat in the moonlight awaiting his return . `` Why are n't you in bed ? '' `` It was too hot and I could n't sleep , Master , '' said I .