one o'clock
You 're lucky , my coin , to have fallen into the custody of one who will not give you over to the mercy of strangers for the sake of a whim . You are now retired on a pension , well deserved after valiant service in the cause of a most capricious queen . '' In an hour he was at home and relating to his mother the story of his wanderings , neglecting , for reasons best known to himself , the events which occurred after Denver had been left behind , except for a casual allusion to `` a party of foreigners . '' At one o'clock , faultlessly attired , he descended to the brougham , telling Mrs. Lorry that he had invited some strangers to see the city . On the way downtown he remembered that he was in business , the law business -- and that it would be well to drop in and let his uncle know he was in the city . On second thought , however , he concluded it was too near two o'clock to waste any time on business , so the office did not know that he was in town until the next day , and then to no great extent . For several hours he reveled in her society , sitting beside her in that roomy brougham , Aunt Yvonne opposite , explaining to her the many places of interest as they passed .