one o'clock
I said , after I 'd sent a letter by messenger to the address of the Robert van Buren found in the directory . But half an hour later an answer came back , in English . Mine very sincerely , Robert van Buren , would give himself the pleasure of calling on his cousin immediately . When I received this news it was one o'clock , and we were finishing lunch at the hotel , in the society of Mr. Starr , who had already wired to his aunt that she was to play the part of chaperon . I read the letter aloud , and Phil and I decided that it sounded _ old _ . `` Mother spoke once or twice of father 's cousin , Robert van Buren ; so I suppose he 's about the age my father would have been if he 'd lived , '' I said . `` I hope he 'll not turn out a horror . ''