one o'clock
Madame Bailey will not be here for some time , not perhaps for one hour , perhaps for two hours . I will have the luggage sent on to the Pension Malfait . '' Strange -- very strange ! At home in Market Dalling Sylvia had always been fond of going to bed quite early ; yet now , according to the hotel-keeper , she was perhaps going to stay out till one o'clock -- till one o'clock on Sunday morning ! M. Polperro led Chester into the stately , long drawing-room ; but in a very few moments he reappeared , having taken off his white apron and his chef 's cap , and put on a light grey alpaca coat and a soft hat . As they hurried along the path which skirts the lake , Chester began to feel the charm of the place . It was very gay and delightful -- `` very French , '' so the English lawyer told himself .