ten o'clock
Well , one must submit to the slowness of this people . And , while the darkness falls like a veil over the Japanese town , I have leisure to reflect , with as much melancholy as I please , upon the bargain that is being concluded behind me . Night has closed in ; it has been necessary to light the lamps . It is ten o'clock when all is finally settled , and M. Kangourou comes to tell me : `` All is arranged , Monsieur : her parents will give her up for twenty dollars a month -- the same price as Mademoiselle Jasmin . '' On hearing this , I am possessed suddenly with extreme vexation that I should have made up my mind so quickly to link myself in ever so fleeting and transient a manner with this little creature , and dwell with her in this isolated house . We return to the room ; she is the centre of the circle and seated ; and they have placed the aigrette of flowers in her hair . There is actually some expression in her glance , and I am almost persuaded that she -- this one -- thinks .