two o'clock in the morning
Here Don Luis , growing very red , and with visible confusion , said : `` My secret is , that I am in love with -- Pepita Ximenez -- and that she -- '' Don Pedro interrupted his son with a burst of laughter , and finished the sentence for him : `` And that she is in love with you , and that on the night of St. John 's eve you were with her in tender conference until two o'clock in the morning , and that , for her sake , you sought a quarrel with the Count of Genazahar , whose head you have broken . A pretty secret you confide to me , truly ! There is n't a cat or a dog in the village that is not fully acquainted with every detail of the business . The only thing there seemed a possibility of being able to conceal was , that your interview lasted until just two o'clock in the morning ; but some gypsy cake-women chanced to see you leave Pepita 's house , and did not stop until they had told every living creature in the place of it . Pepita , besides , makes no great effort to conceal the truth , and in this she does well , for that would be only the concealment of Antequera . Since you have been wounded , Pepita comes here twice a day , and sends Antoñona two or three times more to inquire after you ; and if they have not come in to see you , it is because I would not consent to their doing so , lest it should excite you . '' The confusion and the distress of Don Luis reached their climax when he heard his father thus compendiously tell the whole story .