seven o'clock
I will remain here to watch him ; it is unnecessary for you to confine yourselves with me in this close sick-room . Will you oblige me by returning this evening for a consultation ? '' `` Certainly , '' was the reply of the others , who were grateful to be relieved from duty . `` Shall we appoint seven o'clock ? '' `` Yes , '' answered Mirazzi ; `` and we will hold our consultation in the duke 's sitting-room . Our presence , here might be prejudicial . '' And , with injunctions for silence , the doctor accompanied his colleagues to the door , which was noiselessly opened by the lackeys ; but , before they had time to close it again , Mirazzi shut it with his own hands , loosening simultaneously a thick velvet portiere , through whose heavy folds no sound could penetrate without .