ten o'clock in the morning
Her girlhood had been lived in the most haphazard manner imaginable . Her father was a man who had wanted to be let alone and the affairs of the hotel would not let him alone . He also had lived and died a sick man . Every day he arose with a cheerful face , but by ten o'clock in the morning all the joy had gone out of his heart . When a guest complained of the fare in the hotel dining room or one of the girls who made up the beds got married and went away , he stamped on the floor and swore . At night when he went to bed he thought of his daughter growing up among the stream of people that drifted in and out of the hotel and was overcome with sadness . As the girl grew older and began to walk out in the evening with men he wanted to talk to her , but when he tried was not successful .