about seven o'clock in the morning
The little fishes sang and laughed , the plants bent their branches toward them laden with golden fruit . Then he saw a bell hanging in a tree with a long rope for ringing it ; to the rope was tied a cow with a bird 's nest between her horns and Crispin was inside the bell . Thus he went on dreaming , while his mother , who was not of his age and who had not run for an hour , slept not . Souls in Torment It was about seven o'clock in the morning when Fray Salvi finished celebrating his last mass , having offered up three in the space of an hour . `` The padre is ill , '' commented the pious women . `` He does n't move about with his usual slowness and elegance of manner . '' He took off his vestments without the least comment , without saying a word or looking at any one .