eight in the morning
The corregidora looked at them , too , with as little consciousness as her husband , and merely observed that they were the ornaments of some little child . `` That is true , '' replied the gipsy , `` and to what child they belonged is written in this folded paper . '' The corregidor hastily opened the paper , and read as follows : -- '' _ The child 's name was Doña Constanza de Acevedo y de Menesis ; her mother 's , Doña Guiomar de Menesis ; and her father 's , D. Fernando de Acevedo , knight of the order of Calatrava . She disappeared on the day of the Lord 's Ascension , at eight in the morning , in the year one thousand five hundred and ninety-five . The child had upon her the trinkets which are contained in this box . _ '' Instantly , on hearing the contents of the paper , the corregidora recognised the trinkets , put them to her lips , kissed them again and again , and swooned away ; and the corregidor was too much occupied in assisting her to ask the gitana for his daughter . `` Good woman , angel rather than gitana , '' cried the lady when she came to herself , `` where is the owner of these baubles ? ''