eleven o'clock
`` Yes , '' the Gadfly assented laconically ; `` I was always lucky . '' They smoked in silence for a few minutes , and then began to talk of business details . When Gemma came up to call them to dinner , neither of them betrayed in face or manner that their conversation had been in any way unusual . After dinner they sat discussing plans and making necessary arrangements till eleven o'clock , when Martini rose and took his hat . `` I will go home and fetch that riding-cloak of mine , Rivarez . I think you will be less recognizable in it than in your light suit . I want to reconnoitre a bit , too , and make sure there are no spies about before we start . ''