about seven
o'clock
The elderly man of letters had not talked about Mr. Feist with any special intention , and was very far from thinking that what he had said would lead to any important result . He liked the Greek , because he liked most Orientals , under certain important reservations and at a certain distance , and he had lived amongst them long enough not to be surprised at anything they did . Logotheti had been disappointed in not finding the Primadonna at home , and he was not inclined to put up with the usual round of an evening in London during the early part of the season as a substitute for what he had lost . He was the more put out , because , when he had last seen Margaret , three or four days earlier , she had told him that if he came on that evening at about seven o'clock he would probably find her alone . Having nothing that looked at all amusing to occupy him , he was just in the mood to do anything unusual that presented itself . Griggs guessed at most of these things , and as he walked along he vaguely pictured to himself the interview that was likely to take place . Opinion was strongly against Mr. Van Torp .