one o'clock
He wondered if Jane were asleep or awake and thinking of him . The Colonel 's irascibility finally drove him from the game . He apologised for his wretched playing , but the Colonel did not apologise for the disagreeable things he had said . It was one o'clock when Graydon reached his rooms . There he found a note from Elias Droom . `` I have an especial reason , '' he wrote , `` for asking you and Miss Cable to dine with me on Monday night . We will go to Sherry 's .