sixteen o'clock
No one knew . In Sicily all feasts are movable . Even mass may begin an hour too late or an hour too early . One thought the donkey auction would start at fourteen , another at sixteen o'clock . Gaspare was imperiously certain , over the macaroni , which had now made its appearance , that the hour was seventeen . There were to be other auctions , auctions of wonderful things . A clock that played music -- the `` Marcia Reale '' and the `` Tre Colori '' -- was to be put up ; suits of clothes , too ; boots , hats , a chair that rocked like a boat on the sea , a revolver ornamented with ivory .