eleven o’clock at night
Now , la Peyrade , a shrewd man , had worn his legal gown about the Palais long enough to know how these judicial morals might be made to serve his purpose . `` Sit in the carriage , '' he said to Thuillier , when they reached the rue Vivienne , where Godeschal was now master of the practice he had formerly served as clerk . `` You need n't show yourself until he undertakes the affair . '' It was eleven o'clock at night ; la Peyrade was not mistaken in supposing that he should find a newly fledged master of a practice in his office at that hour . `` To what do I owe this visit , monsieur ? '' said Godeschal , coming forward to meet the barrister . Foreigners , provincials , and persons in high society may not be aware that barristers are to attorneys what generals are to marshals .