midnight
`` Sir , '' said she , pointing to Rodolphe , `` this is the gentleman I was expecting this evening . '' `` Oh ! '' said Monsieur Benoit , grinning on the wrong end of his face . Whilst Mademoiselle Mimi was hurriedly getting ready an improvised supper , midnight struck . `` Ah ! '' said Rodolphe to himself , `` the 15th of April is over . I have at length weathered my Cape of Storms .