two o'clock
Shrewdly he determined first to acquire expert knowledge of skins , and on landing he luckily found employment in a fur store in New York at two dollars per week . This knowledge became the foundation of the vast fortune of the Astor family . The colonel was told that the Waldorf occupies the site of the town-house of John Jacob Astor , third of the name , and was erected by his son , William Waldorf , ex-minister to Italy . It was two o'clock when the Harrises entered the main dining-room for their lunch . The colonel led the party , Alfonso conducting his sister Lucille , the light blue ribbon at her throat of the tint of her responsive eyes . Mrs. Harris came with Gertrude . The mother wore a gray gown , and her daughter a pretty silk .