seven o’clock
I am obliged to you for allowing me to pass one more agreeable quarter of an hour . I certainly did hope to put you in the gutter , and still arrive in time for the fair one , especially as it has a better appearance to make the women wait a little in such cases . But you strike me as having the air of a gallant man , and it is safer to defer our affair until to-morrow . So I will betake myself to my rendezvous ; it is for seven o'clock , as you know . '' Here Phœbus scratched his ear . `` Ah . _ Corne Dieu !