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Come to think of it, that's the only explanation really...
The dinner is actually expected to start at 19:30, and take about two hours of leisurely eating and chatting!
Normally, Genji would call the cousins by phone to fetch them around 19:00, and phones still work. But instead, Kanon comes personally on nobody's orders, because he is aware of Maria standing around alone in the garden! He intentionally comes early, because the plan is to have Maria searched for in the dark and under the rain, discovered, suitably pitied, and draw attention to her umbrella and the letter!
The added umbrella and letter conversations extend the length of the dinner in such a way that only at 22:00 the cousins run away into the parlor, filling out the missing hour!
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