midnight
It is parenthetically to be noted how his afternoon fears of the impermanence of the Agence Moignon had vanished . Time flew pleasantly . She seemed to have set herself , her youth and her femininity , to the task of evoking the wide baby smile on his good-natured though dismal face . It was only on their homeward way , after midnight , that she mentioned the ' _ boîle _ . ' There had been discussions . Some had said this and some had said that . There had been partisans of the Coinçons and partisans of André .