a quarter past eight
Merton aided the marquis to enter , and said ` Home . ' A few rough fellows , who were loitering in the lane , looked curiously on . In half an hour the marquis , his gag and the bandage round his eyes removed , was sitting in Trevor 's smoking-room , attended to by Miss Trevor . It is probably needless to describe the simple and obvious process -LRB- rather like that of the Man , the Goose , and the Fox -RRB- by which Mrs. Lumley , with her portmanteau , left Trevor 's house that evening to pay another visit , while Merton himself arrived , in evening dress , to dinner at a quarter past eight . He had telegraphed to Logan : ` Entirely successful . Come up by the 11.30 to-night , and bring Mrs. Bower . ' The marquis did not appear at dinner .