two o'clock in the morning
He cut short Pepita 's words by pressing his lips to hers , and again clasping her to his heart . * * * * * Some time afterward , with much previous coughing and shuffling of the feet , Antoñona entered the library with the words : `` What a long talk you must have had ! The sermon our student has been preaching this time can not have been that of the _ seven words _ -- it came very near being that of the _ forty hours _ . It is time you should go now , Don Luis ; it is almost two o'clock in the morning . '' `` Very well , '' answered Pepita , `` he will go directly . '' Antoñona left the library again , and waited outside . Pepita was like one transformed .