one o'clock
... Fantômas is always someone , sometimes two persons , never himself ! '' Juve , once started on this subject , could go on for ever , and Fandor did not try to stop him : when the course of conversation led them to talk of Fantômas the two men were as though hypnotised by this mysterious creature , so well named , for he was really `` Fantômatic , '' a spectral entity : the two friends could not turn their minds to any other subject . They discussed Fantômas up and down , in and out , and round about ! ... * * * * * It was getting on towards one o'clock when Fandor saw Juve off as far as the staircase . The detective had resumed his disguise , but neither man was in a joking mood now . Fandor had given Juve an account of the annoying , yet rather absurd incident at the convent , when he and Elizabeth were unsuspectingly bidding each other a passionate farewell under the watchful and scandalised eye of a nun ! Fandor had thought it better to take Juve into his confidence on the point , though it went against the grain , for he was bashful with regard to his feelings .