half past seven o'clock
This man suspected me of designs upon those bank-notes , I began to think , and was possibly lingering here to guard a stranger , from some such motive as my own . Still , it was scarcely safe to trust him alone , and I was not disposed to do so . The idea of his suspecting me amused me for a minute and then amazed me , but I continued my promenade as if no such thought had occurred to me . So we went on until my watch marked half past seven o'clock , when Grammont awoke . We were not far from the cabstand , and I led him thither , assisted him to enter the vehicle , gave the driver his half-franc , and bade him drive to the Basso Porto . The man in the blouse followed , and watched closely all the time , and my later belief concerning him was quite confirmed . Dismissing him from my mind , I entered a biroccio and drove to the Caffè .