three in the morning
The company rose from table and returned to the drawing-room . All through the evening Rosalie listened in case Albert Savaron should be mentioned again ; but beyond the congratulations offered by each newcomer to the Abbe on having gained his suit , to which no one added any praise of the advocate , no more was said about it . Mademoiselle de Watteville impatiently looked forward to bedtime . She had promised herself to wake at between two and three in the morning , and to look at Albert 's dressing-room windows . When the hour came , she felt almost pleasure in gazing at the glimmer from the lawyer 's candles that shone through the trees , now almost bare of their leaves . By the help of the strong sight of a young girl , which curiosity seems to make longer , she saw Albert writing , and fancied she could distinguish the color of the furniture , which she thought was red . From the chimney above the roof rose a thick column of smoke .