about ten o'clock
Baird Lectures , 1877 . R. Flint , D.D. , Professor of Divinity , Edinburgh . A few days later the brief holiday ended , and father and daughter were both hard at work again in London . They had crossed from Antwerp by night and had reached home about ten o'clock to find the usual busy life awaiting them . Tom and Aunt Jean , who had been very dull in their absence , were delighted to have them back again ; and though the air was thick with coming troubles , yet it was nevertheless a real home coming , while Erica , in spite of her hidden sorrow , had a very real enjoyment in describing her first foreign tour . They were making a late breakfast while she talked , Raeburn being more or less absorbed in the `` Daily Review . '' `` You see , such an early newspaper is a luxury now , '' said Erica .