the hour of ten
She and her mother grew together , they were one . Accepting the shadow , they were the closer one beneath it . She had neither vision nor active thought of her father , in whom her pride was . At the hour of ten , the ladies retired for the enjoyment of their sweet reward . Manton , their maid , came down to sit with Nesta on the watch for Skepsey . Perrin , the footman , returning , as late as twenty minutes to eleven , from his tobacco promenade along the terrace , reported to Manton ` a row in town ' ; and he repeated to Nesta the policeman 's opinion and his own of the ` Army ' fellows , and the way to treat them . Both were for rigour .