about ten o'clock
I also told my landlady that I was going away in the morning with the young gentleman who had visited me , and who , I said , was the engineer who was going to make a new road to the Serra . This was not quite true ; but lies that hurt no one are not lies at all , as you all know , and the curiosity of the old woman was satisfied . I also paid for my lodging , and gave her a franc for herself , which pleased her very much . I meant to steal away about ten o'clock , or as soon as I had seen Nino and communicated to him the result of my interview with Temistocle . The hours seemed endless , in spite of my preparations , which occupied some time ; so I went out when I had eaten my supper , and visited my ass , and gave him a little bread that was left , thinking it would strengthen him for the journey . Then I came back to my room , and watched . Just as the moonlight was shooting over the hill , Nino rode up the street .