nine o'clock
Regina fancied that if there were really angels in heaven , she should be able to see them on such a night . If she had been in Trastevere she would have gone out to walk up and down the old paved paths of the little garden , for she could not sleep , though she was so tired . The lamp disturbed her and she put it out , and sat down by the window again . It was very quiet now , for it was past nine o'clock . She heard a step , and it almost surprised her . A man with a big dog was walking in the shadow on the other side of the street , and when he was opposite the house he stood still and looked up at her window . He did not move for some time , but the dog came out into the moonlight in a leisurely way , and lay down on the paving stones .