nearly nine o'clock
At least if there were , they were not in church , she added naïvely . All this Paul read in his launch on the way to the Rigi , and for some unexplained reason the information seemed about things a long way off , and less thrilling than usual . He had a splendid climb , and when he got back to Lucerne in the evening he was thoroughly tired , and so hungry he flew down to his dinner . It was nearly nine o'clock ; at least if she came to-night he would be there to see her . But of course it did not matter if she came or not , he had conquered that ridiculous interest . He would hardly look until he reached his table . Yes , there she was , but dipping her white fingers in the rosewater at the very end of her repast .