One o'clock
The father dragged away his offspring with expressions of gratitude , not making it clear in his confusion whether his enthusiasm were for the gift to the children or for the ticket for the _ corrida _ which the swordsman 's servant was about to give him . Gallardo allowed a few moments to elapse , so that he would not meet the enthusiast and his children again in his room . Then he looked at his watch . One o'clock ! How long it was yet before the hour for the bull-fight ! As Gallardo walked out of the dining-room and started toward the stairway a crowd of curiosity-seekers and starvelings hanging around the street door , attracted by the presence of the bull-fighter , rushed in . Pushing the servants aside , an irruption of beggars , vagabonds , and newsboys filed into the vestibule .