one o'clock
He went more sanely thereafter , but bore a heart of utter misery ; his eyes still wore a dazed expression , and now and again he shook his head impatiently as though to rid it of a swarm of tormenting thoughts . So , it seemed , he had all along been her dupe ; all the while that he had been ostentatiously shielding her from harm and diffidently discovering every evidence of devotion , she had been laughing in her sleeve and planning to return to the service she pretended to despise , with her report of a fool self-duped . A great anger welled in his bosom . Turning round , he made back to the boulevard de la Madeleine , and on one pretext and another contrived to haunt the neighbourhood of Viel 's until the party reappeared , something after one o'clock . It was plain that they had supped merrily ; the girl seemed in the gayest humour , Wertheimer a bit exhilarated , De Morbihan much amused ; even Bannon -- bearing heavily on the Frenchman 's arm -- was chuckling contentedly . The party piled back into De Morbihan 's limousine and was driven up the avenue des Champs Élysées , pausing at the Élysée Palace Hotel to drop Bannon and the girl -- his daughter ? -- whoever she was !