nearly eight o'clock
This vorld 's a queer place . '' So saying , he followed Augustus and Mr. Barry out of the room , and left Mr. Tyrrwhit alone in his misery . Lounging in an arm-chair in a small but luxuriously furnished room in Victoria Street sat Captain Mountjoy Scarborough , and opposite to him , equally comfortably placed , as far as externals were concerned , but without any of that lounging look which the captain affected , sat his brother . It was nearly eight o'clock , and the sound of the dinner-plates could be heard through the open doors from the next room . It was evident , or at any rate was the fact , that Augustus found his brother 's presence a bore , and as evident that the captain intended to disregard the dissatisfaction evinced by the owner of the chambers . `` Do shut the door , Mountjoy , '' said the younger . `` I do n't suppose we want the servant to hear everything that we say . ''