midnight
Her furious mother love simply could not form , much less harbor , the possibility of Paul 's deserting their pretty Lola . And , barring her loneliness , the year was kind to her , feeding her mother love with small social triumphs . For one , Lola was chosen to sit with three other tots , the most beautiful of Tewana 's children , at the feet of the Virgin in the Theophany of the `` Black Christ '' at the eastern fiesta . From morning to mirk midnight , it was a hard vigil . By day the vaulted church reeked incense ; by night a thousand candles guttered under the dark arches , sorely afflicting small , weary eyelids ; yet Lola sat it out like a small thoroughbred , earning thereby the priest 's kindly pat and her mother 's devoted worship . Then , on her third saint day , the small girl donned her first fiesta costume , a miniature of the heirlooms which descend from mother to daughter , each generation striving to increase the magnificence of the costume just as it strove to add to the gold pieces in the chain which did triple duty as hoard , dowry and necklace . Andrea subtracted several English sovereigns from her own to start Lola 's , and , with the American gold eagle , the gift of Bachelder , her _ padrino _ , godfather , they made an affluent beginning for so small a girl .