ten minutes past eight
`` Adelaide , '' her father pleaded , `` I do n't talk like that ; at least not often . '' `` You would , though , if you did n't have me to correct you , '' she retorted . `` There 's the bell at last ; but it always takes people like that forever to get their wraps off . '' `` It 's only ten minutes past eight , '' said Farron , and Mathilde blessed him with a look . Mrs. Wayne came quickly into the room , so fast that her dress floated behind her ; she was in black and very grand . No one would have supposed that she had murmured to Pete just before the drawing-room door was opened , `` I hope they have n't run in any old relations on us . '' `` I 'm afraid I 'm late , '' she began .