ten o'clock
When the piece was finished , we talked about her convent , her friends , and the Mother Superior , Sainte Lucie , whom she was much attached to ; and she spoke about everything in a confident tone of familiarity , which showed me that she had often talked of me , and had been used to think of me as an absent brother . The understanding is that , on account of her youth , our betrothal is to remain a family secret , which will only be made public when the right time arrives . The evening concluded without any other special incident . At ten o'clock Anna went home to her convent . As she was putting her things on , she held out her hand to me , and said : `` Good-bye , André ! '' `` Good-bye , Anna ! '' I replied ; and then my uncle took me away with him to the club , where he sat down to his party at whist .