seven o'clock
Maurice Gordon did not resume his work at once . He sat for some time idly drumming with his fingers on the desk . `` If I can only get her to be civil to him , '' he reflected aloud , `` I 'll get into this business yet . '' At seven o'clock Durnovo appeared at the Gordons ' house . He had managed to borrow a dress-suit , and wore an orchid in his buttonhole . It was probably the first time that Jocelyn had seen him in this garb of civilisation , which is at the same time the most becoming and the most trying variety of costume left to sensible men in these days . A dress-suit finds a man out sooner than anything except speech .