two
o'clock
Possibly they were there ; yet he did n't like to call -- for various reasons . He fretted about the roads , this way and that , till hunger oppressed him . Having eaten at the first restaurant he came to , he directed his steps towards the Mergellina again . At two o'clock he reached the house and made inquiry . The ladies had not yet returned . He struck off towards the Chiaia , again paced backwards and forwards , cursed at carriage-drivers who plagued him , tried to amuse himself on the Santa Lucia . And pray what was all this fuss about ?