eight o'clock
Poor Guido ! Good-bye ! '' Lamberti left the room . When Lamberti reached the Palazzo Farnese at eight o'clock he had all Guido 's receipts for the Princess 's money in his pocket . He had difficulty in getting the lawyer to see him on business so late in the afternoon , and when he succeeded at last he did not find it easy to carry matters with a high hand ; but he had come prepared to go to any length , for he was in no gentle humour , and if he could not get the papers by persuasion , he fully intended to take them by force , though that might be the end of his career as an officer , and might even bring him into court for something very like robbery . The lawyer was obdurate at first . He of course denied all knowledge of the article in the _ Figaro _ , but he said that he was the Princess 's legal representative , that the case had been formally placed in his hands , and that he should use all his professional energy in her interests .