one o'clock
Vaguely she seemed to see something fatal in the two handsome , happy faces ; something that set them apart from the comfortable , commonplace experiences of the rest of the world . `` I think -- after all I 'd rather be myself than that girl , '' she decided . Vanno 's way of atonement for continuing to live at Monte Carlo was to lunch or dine each day at the Villa Mirasole . On the first morning of his great happiness he was due there for luncheon at one o'clock , but having news to tell , he decided to go early . There was little danger of finding Marie and Angelo out , for they walked after an early breakfast , and generally spent the rest of the morning in their own garden , or on the covered loggia of the villa , which looked toward the sea . In the afternoon they sometimes took excursions in their motor-car , but they made no social engagements and never went to Monte Carlo , not even to the opera or concerts . This had struck Vanno as being odd ; but soon he had taken it for granted that they cared for no society except each other 's , which was after all quite natural .