two o'clock before
Robert , however , begged him to make his excuse , as he had an engagement in -- a very different sort of place . When Shargar returned , Robert had not come in . He was too excited to go to bed , and waited for him . It was two o'clock before he came home . Shargar told him there was to be a large party at Lady Patterdale 's the next evening but one , and Lady Janet had promised to procure him an invitation . The next morning Robert went to see Mary St. John , and asked if she knew anything of Lady Patterdale , and whether she could get him an invitation . Miss St. John did not know her , but she thought she could manage it for him .