midnight
Joseph looked at the two young men as much as to say : `` Is it to such high living as this that you owe your healthy faces ? '' Baruch understood the keen glance and smiled ; for he and his cousin Hochon were behaving with much discretion . The home-life was of less importance to youths who supped three times the week at Mere Cognette 's . Moreover , just before dinner , Baruch had received notice that the grand master convoked the whole Order at midnight for a magnificent supper , in the course of which a great enterprise would be arranged . The feast of welcome given by old Hochon to his guests explains how necessary were the nocturnal repasts at the Cognette 's to two young fellows blessed with good appetites , who , we may add , never missed any of them . `` We will take the liqueur in the salon , '' said Madame Hochon , rising and motioning to Joseph to give her his arm . As they went out before the others , she whispered to the painter : -- `` Eh !