morning,
about four o'clock
She would be ashamed to go thither alone . If Hira would accompany her she might venture ; but she was ashamed to open her mouth to Hira . Her heart could no longer endure not to see its lord . One morning , about four o'clock , while Hira was still sleeping , Kunda Nandini arose , and opening the door noiselessly , stepped out of the house . The dark fortnight being ended , the slender moon floated in the sky like a beautiful maiden on the ocean . Darkness lurked in masses amid the trees . The air was so still that the lotus in the weed-covered pool bordering the road did not shed its seed ; the dogs were sleeping by the wayside ; nature was full of sweet pensiveness .