four o’clock
No light whatever as to his conduct reached the household of the rue Mazarin . Giroudeau , Finot , Bixiou , Vernou , Lousteau , saw him leading a life of pleasure . Philippe shared the gay amusements of Tullia , a leading singer at the Opera , of Florentine , who took Mariette 's place at the Porte-Saint-Martin , of Florine and Matifat , Coralie and Camusot . After four o'clock , when he left his office , until midnight , he amused himself ; some party of pleasure had usually been arranged the night before , -- a good dinner , a card-party , a supper by some one or other of the set . Philippe was in his element . This carnival , which lasted eighteen months , was not altogether without its troubles . The beautiful Mariette no sooner appeared at the Opera , in January , 1821 , than she captured one of the most distinguished dukes of the court of Louis XVIII .