seven in the evening
This thought haunted him , and he never ceased cursing his miserable folly . Finding himself too wretched to remain alone , he knocked at Aouda 's door , went into her room , seated himself , without speaking , in a corner , and looked ruefully at the young woman . Aouda was still pensive . About half-past seven in the evening Mr. Fogg sent to know if Aouda would receive him , and in a few moments he found himself alone with her . Phileas Fogg took a chair , and sat down near the fireplace , opposite Aouda . No emotion was visible on his face . Fogg returned was exactly the Fogg who had gone away ; there was the same calm , the same impassibility .