seven o’clock
He did not share the hope , which the latter expressed to him , that they would meet again . But he remembered him as one of his most interesting acquaintances and a very charming comrade notwithstanding those little foibles he had noticed . ... . It struck seven o'clock when Heideck in full evening dress entered the Colonel 's drawing-room . He felt a wave of keen joy surging through him when he noticed that it was empty , except for Edith Irwin . The horrible events she had passed through had left her a little pale . To him she seemed more beautiful than ever .