six o'clock in the morning
`` Passa la Bella Donna e par che dorma '' -- Tasso `` What 's to be done now ? I absolutely must find her , '' said Ludovico , looking , as he felt , exceedingly puzzled and annoyed . `` Well , yes . Considering the nature of the information she gave you this morning , and bearing in mind that her existence in the flesh promises to be the means of leaving you without the price of a crust of bread in the world , and the further fact she was last seen starting on a tete-a-tete expedition with you at six o'clock in the morning , I admit that it is desirable that you should find her , '' said the lawyer , with somewhat grim pleasantry . `` For heaven 's sake , Signor Giovacchino , do n't talk in that sort of way , even in jest , '' replied the young man , looking round at the lawyer with an uneasy eye . `` After all , nothing can have happened to her , you know , worse than losing herself in the Pineta . '' `` Pooh !