five o'clock precisely
The furniture had been pulled about by a clever hand until the room had lost something of its look of a room in a smart hotel . The windows were wide open on to the balcony . They dominated the Thames Embankment , and a light breeze from the water stirred the white and green curtains that framed them . Into this pretty and peacefully cheerful chamber Nigel Armine was shown by a waiter at five o'clock precisely , and left with the promise that Mrs. Chepstow should be informed of his arrival . When the door had closed behind the German waiter 's back , Nigel stood for a moment looking around him . This was the first visit he had paid to Mrs. Chepstow . He sought for traces of her personality in this room in which she lived .