ten o'clock
The Reverend Doctor , being now left alone , engaged the Widow Rowens , who put the best face on her vexation she could , but was devoting herself to all the underground deities for having been such a fool as to ask that pale-faced thing from the Institute to fill up her party . There is no space left to report the rest of the conversation . If there was anything of any significance in it , it will turn up by and by , no doubt . At ten o'clock the Reverend Doctor called Miss Letty , who had no idea it was so late ; Mr. Bernard gave his arm to Helen ; Mr. Richard saw to Mrs. Blanche Creamer ; the Doctor gave Elsie a cautioning look , and went off alone , thoughtful ; Dudley Venner and his daughter got into their carriage and were whirled away . The Widow 's gambit was played , and she had not won the game . The young master had not forgotten the old Doctor 's cautions . Without attributing any great importance to the warning he had given him , Mr. Bernard had so far complied with his advice that he was becoming a pretty good shot with the pistol .