two o’clock in the morning
And yet there are those that call him selfish ! Beaudenord took his departure when the Baroness went to bed . `` As soon as Rastignac was left alone with Malvina , he spoke in a fatherly , good-humored fashion . ` Dear child , please to bear in mind that a poor fellow , heavy with sleep , has been drinking tea to keep himself awake till two o'clock in the morning , all for a chance of saying a solemn word of advice to you -- _ Marry _ ! Do not be too particular ; do not brood over your feelings ; never mind the sordid schemes of men that have one foot here and another in the Matifats ' house ; do not stop to think at all : Marry ! -- When a girl marries , it means that the man whom she marries undertakes to maintain her in a more or less good position in life , and at any rate her comfort is assured . I know the world .