half past seven
I room with a school teacher , and she does n't allow any gentlemen to call in the room . There is n't any parlor , so you 'll have to wait in the hall . I 'll be ready . '' At half past seven Platt and Miss Asher sat at a table in a Broadway restaurant . She was dressed in a plain , filmy black . Platt did n't know that it was all a part of her day 's work . With the unobtrusive aid of a good waiter he managed to order a respectable dinner , minus the usual Broadway preliminaries .