eight o’clock
`` All right ; I obey you . The whole thing is out of my way of business awfully . Bonjour . '' Punctually at eight o'clock Graham Vane had taken his seat at a corner table at the remote end of the cafe Jean Jacques , called for his cup of coffee and his evening journal , and awaited the arrival of M. Lebeau . His patience was not tasked long . In a few minutes the Frenchman entered , paused at the comptoir , as was his habit , to address a polite salutation to the well-dressed lady who there presided , nodded as usual to Armand Monnier , then glanced round , recognized Graham with a smile , and approached his table with the quiet grace of movement by which he was distinguished . Seating himself opposite to Graham , and speaking in a voice too low to be heard by others , and in French , he then said , `` In thinking over your communication this morning , it strikes me as probable , perhaps as certain , that this Louise Duval or her children , if she have any , must be entitled to some moneys bequeathed to her by a relation or friend in England .