At
midnight
they were
still
dancing.
Madame
Tellier
let them
amuse
themselves
while she
had long
private
talks in
corners
with
Monsieur
Vasse, as
if to
settle the
last
details of
something
that had
already
been
settled.
At last,
at one
o’clock,
the two
married
men,
Monsieur
Tournevau
and
Monsieur
Pinipesse,
declared
that they
were going
home, and
wanted to
pay.
Nothing
was
charged
for except
the
champagne,
