about ten o'clock
Ah ! the world would be much more amusing presently , and she meanwhile was growing old . Her drawing-rooms on the evening of June 13th were crowded with representatives of Society . Lashmar arrived about ten o'clock , and his hostess had soon introduced him to two or three persons of political note , with each of whom he exchanged phrases of such appalling banality that he had much ado not to laugh in his interlocutor 's face . The swelling current moved him along ; he could only watch countenances and listen to dialogues as foolish as those in which he had taken part ; a dizzying babblement filled the air , heavy with confusion of perfumes . Presently , having circled his way back towards the stair-head , he caught sight of Lord Dymchurch , who had newly entered ; their eyes met , but Dymchurch , who wore a very absent look , gave no sign of recognition . Dyce pressed forward .