midnight
The aristocratic classes ought to set a good example . Fauchery smiled and shook hands with Vandeuvres . He did not wait for him and took his departure immediately , for he was due at his newspaper office . `` At Nana 's at midnight , eh ? '' La Faloise retired too . Steiner had made his bow to the countess . Other men followed them , and the same phrase went round -- `` At midnight , at Nana 's '' -- as they went to get their overcoats in the anteroom .