seven o'clock
`` Madame , '' I said , `` I must go home -- to England -- by the early train , this morning ! May I ask you to explain to Monsieur le Vicomte . '' `` Yes , '' she answered , turning and facing me . `` Your coffee will be ready at seven o'clock . And none of us will come downstairs until after your departure . At such times a man is better alone -- is it not so ? For a woman it is different . ''