seven o'clock before
One query filled the American 's mind : `` I wonder if I am to sit beside her . '' And then : `` I have sat beside her ! There can never again be such delight ! '' It was seven o'clock before his rather unusual toilet was completed . `` See if they have gone to the diner , Hedrick , '' he said to the man-servant , who departed ceremoniously . `` I do n't know why he should be so damned polite , '' observed Lorry , gazing wonderingly after him . `` I 'm not a king .