midnight
This showed in her a mind superior to that of the vulgar inhabitants of the Rue du Temps Perdu . D'Harmental believed that people only watched because they did not wish to sleep , or because they wanted to be amused . He forgot all those who do so because they are obliged . At midnight the light in the opposite windows was extinguished ; D'Harmental also went to his bed . The next day the Abbe Brigaud appeared at eight o'clock . He brought D'Harmental the second report of secret police . It was in these terms : `` Three o'clock , A.M. `` In consequence of the regular life which he led yesterday , the regent has given orders to be called at nine .