midnight
It was clear that during Peter 's long narrative some of them had visions . When he began to tell how , at the moment of Ascension , the clouds closed in under the feet of the Saviour , covered Him , and hid Him from the eyes of the Apostles , all heads were raised toward the sky unconsciously , and a moment followed as it were of expectation , as if those people hoped to see Him or as if they hoped that He would descend again from the fields of heaven , and see how the old Apostle was feeding the sheep confided to him , and bless both the flock and him . Rome did not exist for those people , nor did the man Cæsar ; there were no temples of pagan gods ; there was only Christ , who filled the land , the sea , the heavens , and the world . At the houses scattered here and there along the Via Nomentana , the cocks began to crow , announcing midnight . At that moment Chilo pulled the corner of Vinicius 's mantle and whispered , -- `` Lord , I see Urban over there , not far from the old man , and with him is a maiden . '' Vinicius shook himself , as if out of a dream , and , turning in the direction indicated by the Greek , he saw Lygia . EVERY drop of blood quivered in the young patrician at sight of her .