About one o'clock
The air got very bad and I took her out on the platform for a while . I remember there were any amount of stars and the moon out , too . You know she never talked much . About one o'clock we got to S -- and changed cars for a few minutes ' wait ... . I think it was then that she asked me abruptly what I meant by a `` convent . '' She said it in French and I saw that she spoke and understood the language , but only in a simple , childish sort of way . I told her it was a big school .