three o'clock
There was nothing , in fact , to justify my feeling uneasy , except that , while Pepita had promised me when I entered the house not to tell the old woman who we were , I was convinced that she had done so by the glances of scowling hatred which the old hag threw at us whenever she came into the room . Still I was uneasy , and shortly made some excuse to leave the room and saunter round and about the house , to assure myself that Pepita had spoken truly when she had said that there was no one there except the old woman and herself . I found nothing to excite the smallest suspicion , and was therefore content to return to the room and to throw myself lazily down and go off for a siesta , in the wakeful intervals of which I could hear that Pepita had given way , and that the delighted Rube was arranging with her how she should escape and join him when the army retired ; for of course neither had any idea that her father would consent to her marrying one of the hated enemies of his country . ` At three o'clock I roused myself , and soon after the old woman came into the room with some lemonade . I observed that Pepita changed colour , but she said nothing , and a moment after , making some excuse , she left the room . I was about to speak to Rube on the subject , when the window was darkened with men . Five or six shots were fired at us , and with a yell a crowd of Mexicans rushed into the room .