5 o'clock
`` Did your master show up yet ? '' `` He no come , '' grinned Bateato , shutting the door and leading the way into the room he had been preparing for his master 's arrival . As Whitney Barnes stepped into the room the Jap asked : '' ` Scuse me , Mr. Barnes -- you see Mr. Gladwin ? '' `` No , nor his double , Thomas Smith of the Ritz ; but he asked me to meet him here at 5 o'clock , Bateato . '' `` Ees sair ! '' lisped the Jap , with a bob of the head ; then dived back to his occupation of making the long deserted room look presentable . As Bateato followed his master 's friend into the room he switched on the full glare of electric lights that depended from the ceiling or blazed through the shades of many lamps .