three o'clock in the morning
-- We have business with the people of Buruzabal , horses to lead into Spain to-night , not far from Amezqueta , and I promised to be there before ten o'clock -- '' What will they do ? They do not know , the two allied friends ; this will depend on the turn that things take ; they have different projects , all bold and skilful , according to the cases which might present themselves . Two places have been reserved , one for Ramuntcho and the other for her , on board a big emigrant vessel on which the baggage is embarked and which will start tomorrow night from Bordeaux carrying hundreds of Basques to America . At this small station of Aranotz , where the carriage will leave both of them , Ramuntcho and Gracieuse , they will take the train for Bayonne , at three o'clock in the morning , and , at Bayonne afterward , the Irun express to Bordeaux . It will be a hasty flight , which will not give to the little fugitive the time to think , to regain her senses in her terror , -- doubtless also in her intoxication deliciously mortal -- A gown , a mantilla of Gracieuse are all ready , at the bottom of the carriage , to replace the veil and the black uniform : things which she wore formerly , before her vows , and which Arrochkoa found in his mother 's closets . And Ramuntcho thinks that it will be perhaps real , in a moment , that she will be perhaps there , at his side , very near , on that narrow seat , enveloped with him in the same travelling blanket , flying in the midst of night , to belong to him , at once and forever ; -- and in thinking of this too much , he feels again a shudder and a dizziness -- `` I tell you that she will follow you , '' repeats his friend , striking him rudely on the leg in protective encouragement , as soon as he sees Ramuntcho sombre and lost in a dream . `` I tell you that she will follow you , I am sure !