two
o’clock
We heard the clink of ice in the glasses , pouring sounds , the shuffling of feet , the scraping of chairs . Schomberg , after wondering in a low mutter who the devil could be there at this time of the day , got up napkin in hand to peep through the doorway cautiously . He retreated rapidly on tip-toe , and whispering behind his hand informed me that it was Falk , Falk himself who was in there , and , what 's more , he had Captain Hermann with him . The return of the tug from the outer Roads was unexpected but possible , for Falk had taken away the Diana at half-past five , and it was now two o'clock . Schomberg wished me to observe that neither of these men would spend a dollar on a tiffin , which they must have wanted . But by the time I was ready to leave the dining-room Falk had gone . I heard the last of his big boots on the planks of the verandah .