four o’clock in the morning
`` What do you think of Nasie ? '' she asked him . `` She has discounted everything , even her own father 's death , '' said Rastignac . Towards four o'clock in the morning the rooms began to empty . A little later the music ceased , and the Duchesse de Langeais and Rastignac were left in the great ballroom . The Vicomtesse , who thought to find the student there alone , came back there at last . She had taken leave of M. de Beauseant , who had gone off to bed , saying again as he went , `` It is a great pity , my dear , to shut yourself up at your age !