three o’clock
Monsieur venez sempre con moi ! '' And he smiled with the evident intention of being agreeable to a valuable client . Dion did not badger him with any more questions . As the boat touched the quay he told the man to be ready to start for Therapia that day at any time after three o'clock . When he reached the summer villa of the Ambassador he was informed by a tall English footman that Lady Ingleton was at home . She received Dion in the midst of the little dogs , but after he had been with her for a very few minutes she rang for a servant and banished them . Secretly she was deeply interested in this man who had killed his son , but she gave Dion no reason to suppose that she was concentrating on him .