midnight
Eve had thoroughly understood the noble character of the man . But now that the depths had been stirred , David 's father took the wave of anguish that passed over his son 's features for a child 's trick , an attempt to `` get round '' his father , and his bitter grief for mortification over the failure of the attempt . Father and son parted in anger . David and Kolb reached Angouleme on the stroke of midnight . They came back on foot , and steathily , like burglars . Before one o'clock in the morning David was installed in the impenetrable hiding-place prepared by his wife in Basine Clerget 's house . No one saw him enter it , and the pity that henceforth should shelter David was the most resourceful pity of all -- the pity of a work-girl .