about nine o’clock
From it two black silhouettes were to be seen rising above the houses , against the clear sky -- the tower of St. Jacques du Haut-Pas and the tree of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum . When money was plentiful there was beer . Every one brought his own tobacco , the room soon became full of smoke , and without seeing each other they ended by conversing far into the night , amidst the deep mournful silence of that deserted district . On that particular evening , at about nine o'clock , the charwoman came in . ` Monsieur , I have done . Can I go ? ' ` Yes , go to bed .