one o’clock in the morning
`` Yes , I have seen Madame Leonce , '' repeated the old maid . `` We had a cup of coffee together last night . She was greatly worried . It seems that Monsieur Gavard never comes home now before one o'clock in the morning . Last Sunday she took him up some broth , as she thought he looked quite ill . '' `` Oh , she knows very well what she 's about , '' exclaimed Madame Lecoeur , whom these attentions to Gavard somewhat alarmed . Mademoiselle Saget felt bound to defend her friend .