one o'clock
They all began to clap their hands , and it soon became a regular ball , and from time to time , Louise and Flora ran upstairs quickly , had a few turns , while their customers downstairs grew impatient , and then they returned regretfully to the _ café _ . At midnight they were still dancing . _ Madame _ shut her eyes to what was going on and she had long private talks in corners with Monsieur Vasse , as if to settle the last details of something that had already been settled . At last , at one o'clock , the two married men , Monsieur Tournevau and Monsieur Pinipesse declared that they were going home , and wanted to pay . Nothing was charged for except the champagne , and that only cost six francs a bottle , instead of ten , which was the usual price , and when they expressed their surprise at such generosity , _ Madame _ , who was beaming , said to them : `` We do n't have a holiday every day . '' `` What a joke ! '' the bandmaster said , twirling his moustache with the foolish smile of a good-looking man , who dangles after women 's petticoats , in order that he may get on all the quicker .