midnight
They may have neither sponsors nor certificates ; they may have just come from prison or elsewhere . Glanard , the great place-broker on Rue de la Paix , supplies Boulevard Haussmann . The servants stay there one week , two weeks , long enough to purchase recommendations from the marquis , who , mark you , pays nothing and barely feeds them ; for in that house the kitchen ovens are cold most of the time , as Monsieur and Madame dine out almost every evening , or attend balls at which supper is served . It is a positive fact that there are people in Paris who take the buffet seriously , and eat their first meal of the day after midnight . The Bois-l'Hérys are well posted as to houses where there is a buffet . They will tell you that you get a very good supper at the Austrian embassy , that the Spanish embassy is a little careless in the matter of wines , and that the Minister of Foreign Affairs gives you the best _ chaud-froid de volailles _ . Such is the life of that curious household .