ten o'clock
Even I myself , when he fixes his eyes on me , feel a constraint . There is something in them like the eyes of a saint , so solemn , yet so mild . I am sure he is very good . '' And so the day opened ; and if there were abroad in the valley that day a demon of mischief , let loose to tangle the skeins of human affairs , things could not have fallen out better for his purpose than they did ; for it was not yet ten o'clock of the morning , when Ramona , sitting at her embroidery in the veranda , half hid behind the vines , saw Alessandro going with his pruning-knife in his hand towards the artichoke-patch at the east of the garden , and joining the almond orchard . `` I wonder what he is going to do there , '' she thought . `` He ca n't be going to cut willows ; '' and her eyes followed him till he disappeared among the trees . Ramona was not the only one who saw this .