one
o'clock
On the second floor he stopped to reconnoitre . The _ gardien _ lay fast asleep on a bench ; he could not do better than sit on the stairs and wait ; if the man awoke he would have to be bribed . Lily 's number was 45 , a dozen doors down the passage . At one o'clock the _ gardien _ awoke . Mike entered into conversation with him , gave him a couple of francs , bade him good-night , and went partly up the next flight of stairs . Listening for every sound , expecting every moment to hear a door open , he waited till the clocks struck the half-hour . Then he became as if insane , and he deemed it would not be enough if she were to disappoint him to set the hotel on fire and throw himself from the roof .