About five o'clock in the afternoon
I was also very much concerned on Demetria 's account , for it seemed that I had missed finding out something for her which would have been to her advantage to know . I was ashamed to tell her of that conversation about a relation in Buenos Ayres , but secretly determined to try and find Santa Coloma to get him to tell me what he knew . After landing we put our small luggage into a fly and were driven to an hotel in Calle Lima , an out-of-the-way place kept by a German ; but I knew the house to be a quiet , respectable one and very moderate in its charges . About five o'clock in the afternoon we were together in the sitting-room on the first floor , looking down on the street from the window , when a well-appointed carriage with a gentleman and two young ladies in it drew up before the door . `` Oh , Richard , '' exclaimed Paquíta in the greatest excitement , `` it is Don Pantaleon Villaverde with his daughters , and they are getting out ! '' `` Who is Villaverde ? '' I asked .