one o'clock
`` Sahib , he is , and well . He is even as though he had never drunk of the liquor of fire . He is in the library awaiting your return . '' It was then getting on for one o'clock , the lunch-time of Sir Arthur 's household , and the table was already laid in what was called the breakfast-room , that is to say a room looking out upon one of the long , back gardens which are attached to the houses in Warwick Gardens . Vane was sitting in the library waiting , something in shame and something in fear , for his father 's return . He more than half-expected that his father would come in and begin at once to haul him over the coals on account of what had happened the night before . He did not feel altogether satisfied about his adventure with Miss Carol , and he was very much ashamed of himself , indeed , for what had happened afterwards .