five o'clock
`` I only know the office address , Park Strasse . Do you dine at the _ table d'hôte _ ? If so , Herr Bodemeyer is one of our regular guests . It is at five o'clock , he will be here in half-an-hour . '' `` All the more reason why he should have my card first , '' and producing a visiting-card bearing the legend `` Benedict Turpin , Artist , '' he addressed it to Herr Bodemeyer , and handed it and a florin to the hotel messenger , who undertook to deliver it within ten minutes . Stephen then ventured to suggest that if there were private matters to discuss a private room might be desirable . `` A good idea , '' said Benedict , and going to Colonel Anderson , `` Sir , '' said he , `` although we have never been formally introduced , I nevertheless hope you will waive etiquette and do me the honour of dining with me and Herr Bodemeyer , who I think will not refuse to join us .