midnight
At five o'clock this afternoon , '' he said , bitterly , `` I left her with a great many fine , high-sounding words about the quest I was to give my days and nights to -- for her sake . I went away from her like a -- knight going into battle -- consecrated . I tell you , there were tears in her eyes when I went . And _ now _ -- now , at midnight -- she sees me riding a galloping pig in a street fête with a girl from the boulevards sitting on the pig with me and holding me round the neck before a thousand people . What will she think of me ? What but one thing can she possibly think ? Oh , I know well enough !