one in the
morning
He took the ring he had bought and put it on her finger . He was going to be a great artist , she was going to be an artist 's bride ; he was going to paint her lovely face , her hair , her form . If he wanted love scenes he would paint these which they were now living together . They talked until one in the morning and then she begged him to go , but he would not . At two he left , only to come early the next morning to take her to church . There ensued for Eugene a rather astonishing imaginative and emotional period in which he grew in perception of things literary and artistic and in dreams of what marriage with Angela would mean to him . There was a peculiar awareness about Eugene at this time , which was leading him into an understanding of things .