Eleven o'clock
In conclusion of this short notice of Bicêtre , we will just add that at the period at which we write the building also served as the abode of condemned criminals , who there awaited the period of their execution . It was in one of the cells belonging to the prison that the Widow Martial and Calabash were left to count the hours till the following day , on which they were to suffer the extreme penalty of the law . Nicholas , the Skeleton , and several of the same description of ruffians had contrived to escape from La Force the very night previous to the day on which they were to have been transferred to Bicêtre . Eleven o'clock had just struck as two _ fiacres _ drew up before the outer gate ; from the first of which descended Madame Georges , Germain , and Rigolette , and from the second Louise Morel and her mother . Germain and Rigolette had now been married for some fifteen days . We must leave the reader to imagine the glow of happiness that irradiated the fair face of the grisette , whose rosy lips parted but to smile , or to lavish fond words upon Madame Georges , whom she took every occasion of calling `` her dear mother . '' The countenance of Germain expressed a more calm and settled delight .