seven o'clock
Her irritation would not go away . Why could n't she be infinitely rich ? Already she was beginning to consider this poor life of ours a grotesque affair -- this life in which so many men think themselves happy in the possession of the ten-millionth part of what they really want . It was almost seven o'clock when Enrique Darlés arrived . As soon as Alicia saw the student , she heaved a sigh of contentment and threw the book into the fire . `` What are you doing , there ? '' cried Darlés , to whom every book was sacred .