midnight
The men bet their ranchos , whole caponeras of their finest horses , herds of cattle , their saddles and their jewels . Estenega won largely , and , as it happened , from Reinaldo particularly . Don Guillermo was rather pleased than otherwise , holding his son to be in need of further punishment ; but Reinaldo was obliged to call upon all the courtesy of the Spaniard and all the falseness of his nature to help him remember that his enemy was his guest . We went home to siesta and long gay supper , where the races were the only topic of conversation ; then to dance and sing and flirt until midnight , the people in the booths as tireless as ourselves . Valencia 's attentions to Estenega were as conspicuous as usual , but he managed to devote most of his time to Chonita . * * * * * That night Chonita had a dream . She dreamed that she awoke without a soul .