ten o'clock to one
I was nearly two hours over them ; then I wrote letters and took them to the post before luncheon , and I have been mending a dress , and tidying my cupboards since . ' Gwen laughed a little derisively . ` You will never die of hard work , Clare . ' ` I think it is harder work doing what I have done , than sitting still in the same chair from ten o'clock to one , and simply reading and writing ! ' ` Ted was asking for directions in the garden , ' said Agatha , looking up ; ` but when I peeped inside the study , Gwen , and saw you had one of your writing crazes on , I knew it was no good coming to you . ' ` No , he has plenty of work , and I shall be occupied in the morning for some time now . ' ` Why have you taken such a fit of it ? '