eleven o'clock
Above their heads was the Milky Way . To their right red Jupiter . Above a chimney Charles ' Wain bent its axles : in the pale green sky its stars flowered like daisies . From the bells of the parish church eleven o'clock rang out and was caught up by all the other churches , with their voices clear or muffled , and , from the houses , by the dim chiming of the clock or husky cuckoos . They awoke suddenly from their dreams , and got up at the same moment . And just as they were going indoors they both bowed without speaking . Christophe went up to his room .