about ten o’clock in the evening
But what is the use of asking any more about it ? These recollections trouble me , and , although they have fixed themselves in my mind-very firmly indeed , I can assure you -- I feel an embarrassment mingled with modesty at relating all to you at length . Besides , at the moment she turned down the clothes , and prepared , to get into bed , the light went out . On the morrow , about ten o'clock in the evening , we all five again found ourselves at Paul 's , four of us with opera-glasses in our pockets . As on the previous evening , the fair songstress sat down at her piano , then proceeded slowly to make her night toilette . There was the same grace , the same charm , but when we came to the fatal moment at which on the preceding night the candle had gone out , a faint thrill ran through us all . To tell the truth , for my part , I was nervous .