two o'clock
So fought , so followed and so fairly won Came not till now to dignify the times . Since Caesar 's fortunes . -- SHAKESPEARE . Capitola lay upon the bed , with her face buried in the pillow , the greater portion of the time from two o'clock until day . An uncontrollable horror prevented her from turning lest she should see the yawning mystery in the middle of the floor , or hear some awful sound from its unknown depths . The very shadows on the walls thrown up wildly by the expiring firelight were objects of grotesque terror . Never -- never -- in her whole youth of strange vicissitude , had the nerves of this brave girl been so tremendously shaken and prostrated .