midnight
He bought a supper of cheese and sausage , and continued to watch the people who came to the Inn of the Golden Lion . He thought Weber might return , and if so he meant to speak with him , if a possible chance should occur , but there was no sign of the Alsatian . The heat and the smoke made him doze , by and by , and knowing that it would be long before the room could be cleared , he resigned himself at last to sleep , a circumstance that attracted no attention as others also were sleeping in their chairs . When he awoke it was past midnight , and only those who were to make it a bedroom remained . Then he stretched his hardy form , wrapped in his blankets , on a bench beside the wall and fell promptly into the deep slumber of the young and just . He awoke once or twice in the night and heard healthy snores about him . German civilians and Lorrainers were asleep on the benches and they slept well .