eleven
o'clock
It was raining , and she should find Bianca indoors . Probably she would be sitting in her boudoir , beyond the drawing-room , and Pietro Ghisleri would be with her . Veronica would have to give some little excuse or reason for coming , on his account , even though Bianca was her intimate friend . Probably Gianluca would be there already , for it was past eleven o'clock , and Bianca would understand that his coming was the result of what Taquisara had said to Veronica on the previous day . She would not show that she understood , even to Veronica , because she was tactful , but Veronica knew that she was sure to blush , in spite of herself , at the thought that Bianca knew why she had come . Then , too , in the drawing-room , or the boudoir , it would not be easy to be alone with Gianluca . She could not get up and go and stare stupidly out of the window at the rain , taking him with her .