twenty minutes after seven
By now he had come to the fiery liqueur called mescal . He was nearly through his supper . At every moment he consulted his watch and fixed the outside door with a scowl . It was already twenty minutes after seven . `` I know the red-headed man spoiled it , after all , '' murmured Blix . `` K. D. B. saw the two of them in here and was frightened . '' `` We could send Captain Jack a telegram from her , '' suggested Condy .