seven o'clock
At that moment someone knocked at the door and enquired whether Mr. Margari was there . Margari was so frightened that he bawled out : `` No , I am not ! '' -- so of course he was obliged to open the door , but he concealed the packet of letters in his pocket first . It was the lacquey who came to ask whether Mr. Margari was aware that it was past seven o'clock ; he must come and read to the old gentleman . Margari could not endure to hear the domestics speaking to him familiarly . `` Seven o'clock ! What do you mean ? ''