two o'clock
_ For tomorrow we die ! _ The Russian singer presently withdrew as if she were annoyed at something , saying to Roberta that she would see her later . It seems they had arranged that Roberta should pass the night in Margaret G -- 's apartment so that Penelope might have the large bedroom . It was now after two o'clock and I suggested that we all needed sleep , my thought being for Penelope ; but she was aggressively awake , and Roberta , as if bent on further excitement , started a new subject that came like a challenge to me . She began innocently enough by putting her arm around Penelope , as she sat on the bedside between the draped curtains -- I never saw her so beautiful -- and saying sweetly : `` You do n't know how terribly I 'm going to miss you , Pen , when you get married . '' Married ! That word , so full of exquisite sentiment , seemed to stir only what was evil in Penelope .