the hour of seven
On ascertaining the destination , he admitted circumstances altered cases ; where business was concerned , private interests had to give way . He explained that some of his present irritation was due to the fact that , at a Bohemian concert the previous evening , an elderly gentleman had been pointed out to him as the representative of an important Sunday newspaper ; the comic singer who gave the information , encountered a few minutes since in Marylebone Road , confessed that it was one of his jokes . `` And all the drinks I stood , '' complained Bulpert , `` and all the amiable remarks I made , absolutely wasted ! '' Gertie , apparelled in her finest and best , went at the hour of seven , after Bulpert and her aunt had quarrelled regarding the best and speediest mode of transit , to make her way to King 's Road , Chelsea . There , in a turning she twice walked by without noticing , she found a house with several brass knobs at the side of the door . A maid answered her ring . `` Sounds as though they 're in the studio , '' remarked the maid , with a wink .