nearly two o'clock
Up in town they are inseparable , it seems . They knew each other , I believe , when they were boy and girl . '' `` So I 've heard , '' replied the young man thoughtfully , leaning against a big glass case containing a collection of _ lares _ and _ penates _ -- images of Jupiter , Hercules , Mercury , & c. , used as household gods . `` I expected that he would be dancing attendance upon her during the whole of the evening ; but , curiously enough , soon after his arrival he suddenly disappeared , and was not seen again until nearly two o'clock . '' Then , looking straight in the girl 's fathomless eye , he added , `` Do you know , Gabrielle , I do n't like that fellow . Beware of him . '' `` Neither do I .