nearly two o'clock in the morning
It was nearly two o'clock in the morning . The lights were out in Robinson 's Hall , where there had been dancing and revelry ; and the moon , riding high , painted the black windows with silver . The cavalcade , that an hour ago had shocked the sedate pines with song and laughter , were all dispersed . One enamoured swain had ridden east , another west , another north , another south ; and the object of their adoration , left within her bower at Chemisal Ridge , was calmly going to bed .