three o’clock in the morning
After losing the thousand francs Oscar was seized with the fury of play and insisted on taking the cards himself . By the result of a chance not at all uncommon with those who play for the first time , he won . But Georges bewildered him with advice ; told him when to throw the cards , and even snatched them from his hand ; so that this conflict of wills and intuitions injured his vein . By three o'clock in the morning , after various changes of fortune , and still drinking punch , Oscar came down to his last hundred francs . He rose with a heavy head , completely stupefied , took a few steps forward , and fell upon a sofa in the boudoir , his eyes closing in a leaden sleep . `` Mariette , '' said Fanny Beaupre to Godeschal 's sister , who had come in about two o'clock , `` do you dine here to-morrow ? Camusot and Pere Cardot are coming , and we 'll have some fun . ''