about ten o’clock
She was not all submission , he might try her beyond endurance ; there might come a day when perforce she must stand face to face with him , and make it known she had her own claims upon life . It was as well he should hold that possibility in view . This evening no work was expected of her . Not long after dinner she prepared for going out ; to her mother she mentioned she should be back about ten o'clock . ` Give my kind regards to them , dear -- if you like to , ' said Mrs Yule just above her breath . ` Certainly I will . ' Marian walked to the nearest point of Camden Road , and there waited for an omnibus , which conveyed her to within easy reach of the street where Maud and Dora Milvain had their lodgings .