"Jenny Chan" <jen-chan@shaw.ca> wrote:

It was well past the twilight hour now.

Himiko would not be coming to Kaon's bed tonight if she hadn't done so
already.

What exactly is the tense here?

The would not be coming phrase is future looking or at least the situation
of the moment while the hadn't part is looking into the past.

I think that some form of the subjunctive mood is implied here. Please
pick one form and apply it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subjunctive_mood

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