eight o'clock
He had been treated as any commonplace and unknown traveller would be . The thought increased the chill ; then he philosophically concluded that a nobleman travelling incognito would be treated in the same way , and went down-stairs to the dining-room . There he was somewhat surprised to find that dinner was being served instead of luncheon . He had supposed that dinner in a Newport hotel would be served at eight o'clock . After dinner he went out to the veranda , sat himself on one of the chairs by the railing , and smoked an expensive cigar . He was beginning to feel strangely lonely . There seemed to be very few people in the hotel , and he experienced his first pang of helplessness , of doubt .