seven o'clock
` If he should , ' Hugo ordered , ` do n't say I 'm in till you 've warned me . ' ` Yes , sir . ' Three hours later the bride and bridegroom were finishing one of the distinguished Tortoni 's most elaborate dinners . Tortoni had protested that it was destructive of the elementary principles of art to order a dinner for eight-thirty at seven o'clock . However , he had not completely failed . The waiters had departed , and Camilla , in dazzling ivory-white , was pouring out coffee . Hugo was cutting a cigar .