three
o'clock
said she , with something of an impatient tone , as she rang for breakfast ; `` they will be here at their usual time . Nobody in this house is a slave to hours , or _ gêné _ with each other 's society . Liberty is the motto here ; everybody breakfasts when and where they please . Lady Juliana , I believe , frequently takes hers in her dressing-room ; Papa never is visible till two or three o'clock ; and Adelaide is always late . '' `` What a selfish cold-hearted thing is grandeur ! '' thought Mary , as Lady Emily and she sat like two specks in the splendid saloon , surrounded by all that wealth could purchase or luxury invent ; and her thoughts reverted to the pious thanksgiving and affectionate meeting that graced their social meal in the sweet sunny parlour at Lochmarlie . Some of those airy nothings , without a local habitation , who are always to be found flitting about the mansions of the great , now lounged into the room ; and soon after Adelaide made her _ entrée .