nine o'clock
However , laughter again rang out around him , and , in spite of Donna Serafina 's mute disapproval , the appointment was finally fixed for the following morning at ten o'clock . Celia as she went off expressed deep regret that she could not form one of the party ; but , with the closed candour of a budding lily , she really took interest in Pierina alone . As she reached the ante-room she whispered in her friend 's ear : `` Take a good look at that beauty , my dear , so as to tell me whether she is so very beautiful -- beautiful beyond compare . '' When Pierre met Narcisse near the Castle of Sant ' Angelo on the morrow , at nine o'clock , he was surprised to find him again languid and enraptured , plunged anew in artistic enthusiasm . At first not a word was said of the excursion . Narcisse related that he had risen at sunrise in order that he might spend an hour before Bernini 's `` Santa Teresa . '' It seemed that when he did not see that statue for a week he suffered as acutely as if he were parted from some cherished mistress .