one o'clock in the
morning
Is it really you ? '' `` Truly , '' he averred , lips smiling but mind rife with suspicion and distrust . This was not acting ; he was convinced that her surprise was absolutely unfeigned . So she had not expected to find him `` Au Printemps '' at one o'clock in the morning , till that very moment had believed him as dead as any of those poor souls who had perished with the _ Assyrian _ ! Therefore that note had not come from her , therefore Lanyard had complimented Crane without warrant , crediting him with another 's cleverness . Then whose ... ? And while Lanyard 's head buzzed with these thoughts , an independent chamber of his mind was engaged in admiring the address with which the girl was recovering from what must have been , what plainly had been , a staggering shock .