seven o'clock
Always she trusted to her star , and now it had brought her to Algiers , she would not weaken in that trust . Common sense , in which one side of the girl 's nature was not lacking , told her that this Arab might be deceiving her , that he might know no more of Ben Halim than she herself had told him yesterday ; but she felt that he had spoken the truth , and feelings were more to her than common sense . She would go to the house which Si Maïeddine said was the house of his cousin , and if there she found reason to doubt him , she had faith that even then no evil would be allowed to touch her . At seven o'clock , Si Maïeddine said , Lella M'Barka would send a carriage . It would then be twilight , and as most people were in their homes by that hour , nobody would be likely to see her leave the hotel . The shutters of the carriage would be closed , according to the custom of Arab ladies , and on entering the vehicle Victoria would find a negress , a servant of Lella M'Barka Bent Djellab . This woman would dress her in a gandourah and a haïck , while they were on their way to the house of Victoria 's hostess , and on stepping out she would have the appearance of a lady of Algiers .