seven o'clock
`` What a blackguard he is ! I 'll never speak to him again ; he shall edit my paper no more . To-night I 'll give him the dirty kick-out . '' Mike remained the topic of conversation until Lottie said -- `` Good Lord , I must be ` getting ' -- it is past seven o'clock . '' Frank paid her modest bill , and still discussing Mike , they walked to the stage-door . Quick with desire to possess Lizzie wholly beyond recall , and obfuscated with notions concerning the necessity of placing women in surroundings in harmony with their natural goodness , Frank walked by his mistress 's side . At the end of a long silence , she said -- `` That 's the way you 'll desert me one of these days .