ten o'clock in the morning of June 20th
He listened . ` Maria ! ' He only heard the sound of the door closing behind her -- she was gone . At ten o'clock in the morning of June 20th the sale began of the furniture and hangings belonging to His Excellency the Minister Plenipotentiary for Guatemala . It was a burning hot morning . Summer blazed already over Rome . Up and down the Via Nationale ran the tram-cars , drawn by horses with funny white caps over their heads to protect them against the sun .