ten o'clock at night
`` Comprehensive theories are all very well , but Mr. Breakspeare 's practical energy is quite as good a thing . '' The editor turned his eyes upon Miss Bride , their expression a respectful gratitude . He was a married man , with abundant offspring . Mrs. Breakspeare rose every morning at half-past six , and toiled at her domestic duties , year in year out , till ten o'clock at night ; she was patient as laborious , and had never repined under her lot . But her education was elementary ; she knew nothing of political theories , nothing of science or literature , and , as he looked at Constance Bride , Breakspeare asked himself what he might not have done , what ambition he might not have achieved , had it been his fate to wed such a woman as that ! Miss Bride was his ideal . He came to Rivenoak less often than he wished , because the sight of her perturbed his soul and darkened him with discontent .