two in the morning
But he had said to her after their stately dinner in the great dining-hall : `` Play to me a little , Amaryllis , and then go to bed , child -- you must be tired out . '' And after that he had not spoken more , but pushed her gently towards the door with a solemn kiss on the forehead , and just a murmur of `` Good-night . '' And she had deceived herself and thought that it meant that he would come quickly , and so she had run up the stairs . But now it was after two in the morning , and would soon be growing towards dawn -- and John was out there sighing alone ! She crept to the window and leaned upon the sill . She thought that she could distinguish his tall figure there by the carved stone bench . `` John ! ''