10 o'clock
The rest of the evening , therefore , was spent much more to her satisfaction ; it was devoted to friendship , to mutual enquiries , to kind congratulations , and endearing recollections ; and though it was late when she retired , she retired with reluctance . Eager to renew a conversation which had afforded her so much pleasure , Cecilia , neither sensible of fatigue from her change of hours nor her journey , arose with the light , and as soon as she was dressed , hastened to the breakfast apartment . She had not , however , been more impatient to enter than she soon became to quit it ; for though not much surprized to find herself there before her friend , her ardour for waiting her arrival was somewhat chilled , upon finding the fire but just lighted , the room cold , and the servants still employed in putting it in order . At 10 o'clock she made another attempt : the room was then better prepared for her reception , but still it was empty . Again she was retiring , when the appearance of Mr Arnott stopped her . He expressed his surprize at her early rising , in a manner that marked the pleasure it gave to him ; and then , returning to the conversation of the preceding evening , he expatiated with warmth and feeling upon the happiness of his boyish days , remembered every circumstance belonging to the plays in which they had formerly been companions , and dwelt upon every incident with a minuteness of delight that shewed his unwillingness ever to have done with the subject . This discourse detained her till they were joined by Mrs Harrel , and then another , more gay and more general succeeded to it .