one o’clock
The carriage door opened at this moment , and his master 's voice was heard saying : `` Mademoiselle Charlotte , will you tell your mistress that I have just arrived from Paris , that I have called to leave my card , and to ask permission , not to be received this evening , but to be allowed to call to-morrow , if she will grant me that favor . Ask her at what hour I shall least inconvenience her . '' Mademoiselle Charlotte had a high opinion of Sir John , consequently she acquitted herself of the commission with the utmost alacrity . Five minutes later she returned to announce that Sir John would be received the next day between twelve and one o'clock . Roland knew what the Englishman had come for . In his mind the marriage was an accomplished fact , and he regarded Sir John already as his brother-in-law . He hesitated a moment as to whether he should or should not make himself known to Sir John , and tell his friend about his projects ; but he reflected that Sir John was not a man to let him work them out alone .