about eleven o'clock
In his excitement everything looked bright to him . And all that he said seemed to me so natural , that I was sure that the Emperor would direct matters as we had supposed . Catherine believed it too . We thanked God for what had come , and about eleven o'clock , after having laughed and drank and shouted , we went to bed with the brightest hopes . All the city was illuminated , and we had put lamps in our windows also . Every moment we heard the crackers in the street and the children were shouting , `` Vive l'Empereur ! '' and the soldiers were coming out of the inns , singing , `` Down with the émigrés . ''