About one o'clock in the
morning
Then he went home , but just as he was going in he turned back to go to the station to find out the exact time at which the train arrived . At last he did go home and called Salome and discussed at length the dinner for the morrow . Then only he went to bed worn out ; but he was as excited as a child on Christmas Eve , and all night he turned about and about and never slept a wink . About one o'clock in the morning he thought of getting up to go and tell Salome to cook a stewed carp for dinner ; for she was marvelously successful with that dish . He did not tell her ; and it was as well , no doubt . But he did get up to arrange all sorts of things in the room he meant to give Christophe ; he took a thousand precautions so that Salome should not hear him , for he was afraid of being scolded . All night long he was afraid of missing the train although Christophe could not arrive before eight o'clock .