eleven
o'clock
Over the entrances to the shops the proprietors were dropping the white and brown awnings for the day . Very few people shopped after luncheon . There were pleasanter pastimes , even for the women , contradictory as this may seem . By eleven o'clock Courtlandt had finished the reading of his mail , and was now ready to hunt for the little lady of the Taverne Royale . It was necessary to find her . The whereabouts of Flora Desimone was of vital importance . If she had not yet arrived , the presence of her friend presaged her ultimate arrival .