the hour
of three in the morning
He paid her several very elegant compliments , though they were all of them confined within the limits of decorum . Delia , on the other hand , though she apparently received them with the most gay indifference , in reality drank deep of the poison of love , and the words of Damon made an impression upon her heart , that was not easily to be erased . But however delicious was the scene in which they were engaged , it necessarily drew to a conclusion . The drowsy clocks now announced the hour of three in the morning . The dances broke up , and the company separated . Delia leaped into the chariot that was waiting , and quickly arrived at the parental mansion . Fatigued with the various objects that had passed before her , she immediately retired to rest .