nine o'clock
It seemed to me that she ought to agree to such a proposition , after which there would be everlasting peace between us . I promised myself to put it before her , and once we know that our souls belong to each other we may even part . There awoke within me a certain hope that she will agree to this , for she must understand that without it both our lives will remain miserable . It was nine o'clock when we arrived at Hofgastein . It was very quiet and still in the village . Only the Gasthaus was lighted , and before Meger 's some excellent voices were singing mountain airs . I thought of asking the serenaders to sing before our window , but I found they were not villagers ; they were Viennese mountaineers , to whom one could not offer money .