eleven in the
morning
With folks like that it 's a case of make ` ay while the sun shines . '' He was called off at this point to attend to another customer , leaving me to ponder over the information he had given me . I felt that somehow or other I must make Mademoiselle Vivien 's acquaintance . A beautiful palmist , for whom George deserted his business at eleven in the morning , was just the sort of person who might prove extremely interesting to me . Besides , the fact that her name was the same as that of the lady who lived next door to Tommy lent an additional spur to my curiosity . It might be a mere coincidence , but if so it was a sufficiently odd one to merit a little further investigation . I drank up my whisky , and after waiting a minute or two , ordered another .