nine o'clock
Mr. Raymount had some light ; he let it shine mostly in reviews , not much in the house . He did not lift up the light of his countenance on any . The children were rosy , fresh from their baths , and ready to eat like breakfast-loving English . Cornelius was half his breakfast ahead of the rest , for he had daily to endure the hardship of being at the bank by nine o'clock , and made the best of it by claiming in consequence an utter immunity from the _ petite norale _ of the breakfast-table . Never did he lose a moment in helping anybody . Even the little Saffy he allowed with perfect frigidity to stretch out a very long arm after the butter -- except indeed it happened to cross his plate , when he would sharply rebuke her breach of manners . It would have been all the same if he had not been going till noon , but now he had hurry and business to rampart his laziness and selfishness withal .