a few minutes before eight o'clock
`` I do n't care whether Mr. Grex is the Sultan of Turkey or the Czar of Russia . I 'm going to marry his daughter . That 's settled . '' At a few minutes before eight o'clock that evening Lady Hunterleys descended the steps of the Casino and crossed the square towards the Hotel de Paris . She walked very slowly and she looked neither to the right nor to the left . She had the air of seeing no one . She acknowledged mechanically the low bow of the commissionaire who opened the door for her .