about ten
o’clock
And she held out her hand with a sort of cordial frankness that actually said , ` There , you are forgiven ! Is there any record of generosity like this ? ' Atlee bowed low and resignedly over that gloved hand , which he felt he was touching for the last time , and turned away with a rush of thoughts through his brain , in which certainly the pleasantest were not the predominating ones . He did not dine that day at Bruton Street , and only returned about ten o'clock , when he knew he should find Lord Danesbury in his study . ` I have determined , my lord , ' said he , with somewhat of decision in his tone that savoured of a challenge , ` to go over to Ireland by the morning mail . ' Too much engrossed by his own thoughts to notice the other 's manner , Lord Danesbury merely turned from the papers before him to say , ` Ah , indeed ! it would be very well done .