8 p.m.
Instead , wandered about the house from room to room , and out into the grounds , seemingly distraught . They had the place all to themselves ; no one to take counsel with , none to comfort them ; Don Ignacio , at an early hour , having been called off to his duties in the city . But they were not destined to spend the whole of that day without seeing a visitor . As the clocks of San Augustin were striking 8 p.m. one presented himself at the gate in the guise of an officer of Hussars , Don Carlos Santander . Nor was he alone , but with an escort accompanying . They were seated in the verandah of the inner court , but saw him through the _ saguan _ , the door of which was open , saw him enter at the outer gate , and without dismounting come on towards them , several files of his men following . He had been accustomed to visit them there , and they to receive his visits , however reluctantly , reasons of many kinds compelling them .