one o'clock
But it sounds so familiar , from a stranger . I was wondering if one ought to say ` Sir Ralph Moray , ' till one had been acquainted a little longer . Well , anyway , if you could dine with us , without your friend -- '' I also thanked her and said that matters would arrange themselves more easily if Barrymore and I were together . `` Then can you both lunch with us to-morrow at one o'clock ? '' Quickly , before Terry could find time to object if he meditated doing so , I accepted with enthusiasm . Farewells were exchanged , and we had walked to the gate with the ladies -- I heading the procession with Mrs. Kidder , Terry bringing up the rear with the two girls -- when my companion stopped suddenly . `` Oh , there 's just one thing I ought to mention before you come to see us at the hotel , '' she said , with a little catch of the breath .