one o'clock
Now would n't that be splendid -- say , would n't it be fine ? If we could outwit them -- if we could make the Emperor look foolish ! '' I rubbed my chin and thought about it . There is n't much modesty in my profession , but the idea of getting up against a policeman so far from my humble home somehow put the brake on , and I found myself misfiring like one o'clock in spite of her pretty eyes and her red lips , and her `` take me in your arms and kiss me '' look . The Croydon lot are bad enough , but as for the beaks at Montey -- well , I 've heard tales of them and to spare . `` It would be fine , madame , if we could do it , '' said I at last ; `` but between talking of it here in this hotel and crossing the frontier -- '' `` Oh , '' she cried , interrupting me almost angrily -- and she has the devil of a temper -- `` oh , there 's no difficulty , Britten . Just drive to the Hermitage after my husband has dined to-morrow night , and say that if he wants the news of Madame Clara , you can take him where he will get it .