seven o'clock
Those two shall be made to save one another . It is the only way . And there is no time to waste . '' At seven o'clock Vanno came in hastily , glancing at his watch . He walked so fast across the marble floor , with its islands of rugs , that he was at the foot of the stairway before the shorter-legged curé could intercept him ; but at the sound of the familiar voice calling `` Principino ! '' he turned , astonished . The curé thought that he looked weary , and older than on that first blue-and-gold morning on the mountain ; but the weariness was chased away by a smile of welcome .