eleven o’clock
Teresa 's vigilance might relax if Carmina fell asleep . She might go downstairs for a gossip with the landlady . After smoking a cigar , he tried again . The lights on the staircase were now put out : it was eleven o'clock . She was not asleep : the nurse was reading to her from some devotional book . He gave it up , for that night . His head ached ; the ferment of his own abominable thoughts had fevered him .