nearly midnight
` cré nom d'un nom ! ' screamed the parrot after him , as if he were going too slowly . But this time Angela could not speak of him with her friend just after he was gone , and when Madame Bernard tried to talk of other things with the idea of diverting her attention , she went and shut herself up in her own room . It was distracting to know that he was still in Rome , and that until nearly midnight , when the train left for Naples , it would be possible to see him once more . If she had insisted , Madame Bernard would have consented to go with her in a cab to find him . It was hard to resist , as she sat by the window , listening to the distant sound of wheels in the street ; it was the first great temptation she had ever felt in her life , and as she faced it she was surprised at its strength . But she would not yield .