eleven o'clock
`` Leave him , leave him alone with his grief ! '' said Miguel , who happened to be in this group . `` When the heroes of comedies and novels do not adopt resolutions , it makes him desperate . '' The drama was finished at eleven o'clock , to the great and ill-concealed satisfaction of each and all of the company . During the last act the girls yawned in an angelic manner ; the gentlemen exchanged expressive winks under the poet 's very nose . Then came encouraging and prolonged applause ! All broke out into eulogies , and predicted great things for the piece .