nine o'clock
`` I am very , very unhappy . I shall not sleep a wink , '' she said to herself , and sighed at the prospect of the night-watch . But before five minutes had passed her closed hand relaxed , and lay open and innocent on the coverlet ; her breath came regularly -- she was fast asleep . The moon was visible for a time in the setting of the unshuttered window ; and when she wakened next day , toward nine o'clock , the full morning sun was playing on the bed . For several months prior to this , Ephie had worshipped Schilsky at a distance . The very first time she saw him play , he had made a profound impression on her : he looked so earnest and melancholy , so supremely indifferent to every one about him , as he stood with his head bent to his violin . Then , too , he had beautiful hands ; and she did not know which she admired more , his auburn hair with the big hat set so jauntily on it , or the thrillingly impertinent way he had of staring at you -- through half-closed eyes , with his head well back -- in a manner at once daring and irresistible .