one o'clock
As he mounted the stairs , he noticed a fellow-lodger , still in his evening clothes , entering a room on the second floor . He did not see the man 's face , but he was struck by something familiar in his build . This impression was not haunting , it passed almost immediately , and the young man settled down with resolution to his work . At one o'clock he went to Brookes 's , had his lunch , met a few acquaintances who studied his face with curiosity , and a few colleagues who tried to persuade each other that he was a man who could play a deep game . He returned to his rooms and resumed work till about six o'clock , when his landlord informed him that a lady , who would not give her name , wished to see him . The lady was tall , handsomely dressed , darkly veiled . What , he thought , if it should be Brigit ?