midnight
Still , if you wish , Albert , we will help you to find Pillot . '' `` The worst of it is I have not the faintest idea where to look . '' `` We can try the house in the Rue de Roi . '' `` The walk will do us good , '' said Humphreys , `` and I am off duty till midnight ; '' so , putting on our hats , we went into the street . Paris was holding high holiday that evening . The buildings were decorated with flags and streamers ; bonfires cast a lurid light on the animated scene ; crowds of people went to and fro , laughing merrily and cheering the nobles and ladies who rode by in their gorgeous carriages . The spell of the morning was on them all ; and though many realised that the troubles would soon break out more fiercely than ever , every one seemed bent on making the most of the brief truce .