ten o'clock in the morning
Mrs. Darlington liked him very much . There was a certain style about him that evidenced good breeding and a knowledge of the world . What his business was he did not say . He was usually in the house as late as ten o'clock in the morning , and rarely came in before twelve at night . Soon after Mr. Burton became a member of Mrs. Darlington 's household , he began to show particular attentions to Miriam , who was in her nineteenth year , and was , as we have said , a gentle , timid , shrinking girl . Though she did not encourage , she would not reject the attentions of the polite and elegant stranger , who had so much that was agreeable to say that she insensibly acquired a kind of prepossession in his favour . As now constituted , the family of Mrs. Darlington was not so pleasant and harmonious as could have been desired .