seven o'clock
She would doubt no more . She would not try , in the future , to solve a mystery that was beyond her comprehension . Her one duty was to maintain an unfaltering faith . At seven o'clock she went to the breakfast room , to which but two or three other guests of the hotel had preceded her , and in a few minutes Detective O'Gorman entered and seated himself at a table near her . He bowed very respectfully as he caught her eye and she returned the salutation , uneasy at the man 's presence but feeling no especial antagonism toward him . As he had said , he was but doing his duty . O'Gorman finished his breakfast before Mary Louise did , after which , rising from his chair , he came toward her table and asked quietly : `` May I sit at your table a moment , Miss Burrows ? ''