seven o'clock
I beg your pardon , '' said the Cure . `` The sale of this estate is the only subject of conversation in the neighborhood just now , and Miss Percival 's account interests me very much . '' `` You see , Susie , my account interests Monsieur le Cure very much ; then I shall continue . We went for our ride , we returned at seven o'clock -- nothing . We dined , and just when we were leaving the table a telegram from America arrived . It contained only a few lines : '' ` I have ordered the purchase to-day , for you and in your name , of the castle and lands of Longueval , near Souvigny , on the Northern Railway line . ' `` Then we both burst into a fit of wild laughter at the thought . ''