one o'clock
Who else ? Crane might well have been taken into her confidence , subsequent to the sinking of the _ Assyrian _ , and on discovering that Lanyard had survived have used this means of relieving the girl 's distress of mind . But its significance ? ... `` Au Printemps '' translated literally meant `` in the springtime , '' and `` in the springtime at one o'clock '' was mere gibberish , incomprehensible . There is in Paris a department store calling itself `` Au Printemps '' ; but surely no one was suggesting to Lanyard in New York a rendezvous in Paris ! Nevertheless that `` Please ! '' intrigued with a note at once pleading and imperative which decided Lanyard to answer it without delay , in person . ''