five o'clock
It had been necessary , in order to deceive Gouache , to write the note on the paper generally used by women of society . As he could not get any of Faustina 's own , it seemed the next best thing to take Corona 's , since Corona was her most intimate friend . Gouache had told San Giacinto that he was engaged every afternoon , in hopes that he would in turn chance to mention the fact to Faustina . It was therefore pretty certain that Anastase would not be at home between four and five o'clock . San Giacinto drove to the Zouave 's lodgings and asked for him . If he chanced to be in , the note could be given to his old landlady . He was out , however , and San Giacinto asked to be allowed to enter the room on the pretext of writing a word for his friend .