midnight
Suppose you should not see me for a week -- you would forget me entirely . Men sometimes marry for a fancy and in twenty-four hours would gladly take it all back . Sit down here and let us talk a little . '' They sat in that dingy room lit only by one candle , which they forgot to snuff , and discussed the expediency of their marriage until after midnight , speaking very low , lest they should disturb the children , who were asleep with weir heads on the same pillow . And Gervaise pointed them out to Coupeau . That was an odd sort of dowry to carry a man , surely ! How could she venture to go to him with such encumbrances ?