about three in the morning
Cornelius , after this , passed one of the worst nights he ever had in his life . Rosa was vexed with him , and with good reason . Perhaps she would never return to see the prisoner , and then he would have no more news , either of Rosa or of his tulips . We have to confess , to the disgrace of our hero and of floriculture , that of his two affections he felt most strongly inclined to regret the loss of Rosa ; and when , at about three in the morning , he fell asleep overcome with fatigue , and harassed with remorse , the grand black tulip yielded precedence in his dreams to the sweet blue eyes of the fair maid of Friesland . Chapter 19 . The Maid and the Flower But poor Rosa , in her secluded chamber , could not have known of whom or of what Cornelius was dreaming . From what he had said she was more ready to believe that he dreamed of the black tulip than of her ; and yet Rosa was mistaken .