midnight
In the afternoon we went together to see the ladies , and the General had a very hearty welcome from both of them , as I also had from Doña Mercedes , while Dolores received me with the utmost indifference , expressing no pleasure or surprise at seeing me wearing a sword in the cause which she had professed to have so much at heart . This was a sore disappointment , and I was also nettled at her treatment of me . After dinner , over which we sat talking some time , the General left us , telling me before doing so to join him in the plaza at five o'clock next morning . I then tried to get an opportunity of speaking to Dolores alone , but she studiously avoided me , and in the evening there were several visitors , ladies from the town with three or four officers from the camp , and dancing and singing were kept up till towards midnight . Finding that I could not speak to her , and anxious about my appointment at five in the morning , I at length retired sorrowful and baffled to my apartment . Without undressing I threw myself on my bed , and , being very much fatigued with so much riding about , I soon fell asleep . When I woke , the brilliant light of the moon , shining in at open window and door , made me fancy it was already daylight , and I quickly sprang up .