one o'clock
As for Kara , he had long since loved Chaldea , who treated him like a dog , and he could not help seeing that she adored the Gentile artist -- a knowledge which almost broke his heart . But it was some satisfaction for him to note that Lambert would have nothing to do with the siren , and that she could not charm him to her feet , sang she ever so tenderly . It was an unhappy trio at the best . The gypsies usually came in the morning , since the light was then better for artistic purposes , but they always departed at one o'clock , so that Lambert had the afternoon to himself . Chaldea would fain have lingered in order to charm the man she loved into subjection ; but he never gave her the least encouragement , so she was obliged to stay away . All the same , she often haunted the woods near the cottage , and when Lambert came out for a stroll , which he usually did when it became too dark to paint , he was bound to run across her . Since he had not the slightest desire to make love to her , and did not fathom the depth of her passion , he never suspected that she purposely contrived the meetings which he looked upon as accidental .