ten
o'clock
Elena had spent part of the summer at Lucerne , -- she had just come from Paris . After the sale she had refused to go to Laura Miano 's . A fierce desire assailed him to see her , to speak to her again . The invitation at the Palazzo Farnese was for ten o'clock -- half past ten found him there waiting anxiously . He waited long . The rooms filled rapidly ; the dancing began . In the Carracci gallery the divinities of fashionable Rome vied in beauty with the Ariadnes , the Galateas , the Auroras , the Dianas of the frescos ; couples whirled past ; heads glittering with jewels drooped or raised themselves , bosoms panted , the breath came fast through parted crimson lips .