noon
Meanwhile , she was speaking . `` That is what my heart desires , Leandre , but I am beset by fears lest your stratagem should be too late . I am to marry this horrible Marquis of Sbrufadelli this very day . He arrives by noon . He comes to sign the contract -- to make me the Marchioness of Sbrufadelli . Oh ! '' It was a cry of pain from that tender young heart .