eleven o'clock
At every moment they halted . One man begged them to wait a moment till his donkey was saddled , so that he might join them . Another , a wine-shop keeper , insisted on Maurice 's testing his moscato , and thereupon Maurice felt obliged to order glasses all round , to the great delight of Gaspare , who always felt himself to be glorified by the generosity of his padrone , and who promptly took the proceedings in charge , measured out the wine in appropriate quantities , handed it about , and constituted himself master of the ceremony . Already , at eleven o'clock , brindisi were invented , and Maurice was called upon to `` drop into poetry . '' Then Maddalena caught sight of some girl friends , and must needs show them all her finery . For this purpose she solemnly dismounted from her donkey to be closely examined on the pavement , turned about , shook forth her pea-green skirt , took off her chain for more minute inspection , and measured the silken fringes of her shawl in order to compare them with other shawls which were hastily brought out from a house near-by . But Gaspare , always a little ruthless with women , soon tired of such vanities .