eight
o'clock
I can endure no longer the anguish of my life . I love you , and if you will not be mine , I care for no one 's fate . I can save your father . If I see him before eight o'clock , I can convince him that the government knows of his intentions , and will arrest him to-night . I am ready to do this service -- to save the father from death and the daughter from despair , if she would but only say to me : ` I have but one reward , and it is yours . ' '' `` It is bitter , this , '' said Sybil , `` bitter for me and mine ; but for you pollution , this bargaining of blood . In the name of the Holy Virgin I answer you -- no ! ''