two o'clock in the morning
This faith , firm as it had remained , was , however , coupled with secret bitterness , for nothing seemed to advance in a sensible manner towards its goal . Comte himself had ended in the most cloudy mysticism ; great _ savants _ recoiled from truth in terror ; and now barbarians were threatening the world with fresh night ; all of which made Morin almost a reactionist in politics , already resigned to the advent of a dictator , who would set things somewhat in order , so that humanity might be able to complete its education . Other visitors who occasionally called to see Guillaume were Bache and Janzen , who invariably came together and at night-time . Every now and then they would linger chatting with Guillaume in the spacious study until two o'clock in the morning . Bache , who was fat and had a fatherly air , with his little eyes gently beaming amidst all the snowy whiteness of his hair and beard , would talk on slowly , unctuously and interminably , as soon as he had begun to explain his views . He would address merely a polite bow to Saint-Simon , the initiator , the first to lay down the law that work was a necessity for one and all according to their capacities ; but on coming to Fourier his voice softened and he confessed his whole religion . To his thinking , Fourier had been the real messiah of modern times , the saviour of genius , who had sown the good seed of the future world , by regulating society such as it would certainly be organised to-morrow .