one o'clock
Egged on by their military , political , educational , religious masters , the populace could easily , at any time , work themselves up like this into a frantic state about conquest . And yet Americans heard nothing of it . It was as if their channels of information were subsidized under German authority . At one o'clock supper time came and Gard ordered . There were Fritzi and another girl and two young men -- all very profuse in their appreciation of his hospitality . The popping of a few bottles of cheap champagne sounded in his ears . He was in the swing of the excitement and could not be outdone .