ten o’clock at
night
They all had cold , discreet faces , in keeping with the room , the house , the quarter of the town . Madame de la Chanterie admitted the justice of Godefroid 's observations ; but told him that she did not wish to make any change until she knew the intentions of her lodger , or rather her boarder . If he would conform to the customs of the house he could become her boarder ; but these customs were widely different from those of Paris . Life in the rue Chanoinesse was like provincial life : the lodger must always be in by ten o'clock at night ; they disliked noise ; and could have no women or children to break up their customary habits . An ecclesiastic might conform to these ways . Madame de la Chanterie desired , above all , some one of simple life , who would not be exacting ; she could afford to put only the strictest necessaries into the apartment . Monsieur Alain -LRB- here she designated one of the four men present -RRB- was satisfied , and she would do for a new tenant just as she did for the others .