About seven o'clock
_ Scusi _ , signorina , ' he stammered ; and immediately , ` Tony , zat donk ' - man , what you do wif him ? ' ` Oh , he and my father are climbing Monte Brione to-day . ' ` What time zay come home ? ' ` About seven o'clock , I fancy . ` Ze signora and ze signorina -- zay come two days before zay are expect . ' And he was clearly aggrieved by the fact . Constance 's mystification increased ; she saw not the slightest connexion .