midnight
In the provinces such jokes are prized , for people have so long said everything to each other that they have recourse at last to the sort of nonsense our fathers indulged in before the introduction of English hypocrisy , -- one of those products against which custom-houses are powerless . `` Do n't interrupt the orator , '' repeated Cecile Beauvisage to Vinet , with whom she exchanged a smile . `` My eyes involuntarily fell on the window of the room in which the stranger had slept the night before . I do n't know what time he went to bed , although I was awake till past midnight ; but I have the misfortune to be married to a man who snores fit to crack the planks and the rafters . If I fall asleep first , oh ! I sleep so sound nothing can wake me ; but if Mollot drops off first my night is ruined -- '' `` Do n't you ever go off together ? '' said Achille Pigoult , joining the group .