nine o'clock
I 'm curious to see how he will carry himself . '' But her curiosity was not gratified . Alessandro came not to the kitchen . The last of the herdsmen had eaten and gone ; it was past nine o'clock , and no Alessandro . Slyly Margarita ran out and searched in some of the places where she knew he was in the habit of going ; but Alessandro was not to be found . Once she brushed so near his hiding-place that he thought he was discovered , and was on the point of speaking , but luckily held his peace , and she passed on . Alessandro was hid behind the geranium clump at the chapel door ; sitting on the ground , with his knees drawn up to his chin , watching Ramona 's window .