ten o'clock
Besides , I had no sympathy for her . For me a governess seemed always a most frivolous creature . In the room there was a large clock that caused me most annoyance . How long it took for those hands to reach ten o'clock ! Then , when it did strike , its tone was of that aristocratic nasal quality that it must have acquired from the voices of the people around it . Sometimes the governess laughed , when Melanie made some curious mistake ; Melanie , too , laughed and peeped from behind her music to see if I was smiling . I had not even noticed it .