six o'clock
Then the ballet-ladies were prevailed upon to favor us with a _ pas de deux _ ; after which Müller sang a comic song with a chorus , in which everybody joined ; and then the orchestra was bribed with hot brandy-and-water , and dancing commenced again . By this time the visitors began to drop away in twos and threes , and even the fair Josephine , to whom I had never ceased paying the most devoted attention , declared she could not stir another step . As for Dalrymple , he had disappeared during supper , without a word of leave-taking to any one . Matters being at this pass , I looked at my watch , and found that it was already half-past six o'clock ; so , having bade good-night , or rather good-morning , to Messieurs Jules , Gustave , and Adrien , and having , with great difficulty , discovered my own coat and hat among the miscellaneous collection in the adjoining bed-room , I prepared to escort Mademoiselle Josephine to her home . `` Going already ? '' said Müller , encountering us on the landing , with a roll in one hand and a Bologna sausage in the other . `` Already !