midnight
`` Do not disturb me , Madame Fournichon , '' replied St. Maline . `` For pity 's sake ! '' cried Madame Fournichon . `` Madame , '' replied he , `` it is midnight , and at nine all fires ought to be extinguished ; there is a fire now in your turret , and I must see what disobedient subject is transgressing the king 's edicts . '' And St. Maline continued to advance , followed by several others . `` Mon Dieu ! M. de Carmainges , '' cried the duchess , `` will those people dare to enter here ? ''