eight o'clock
Her principal work would be to wait on her mistress , to brush her hair and to help her dress . She was also to answer the bell , wait on the table if need be , and do any other errand which her mistress might indicate . Mrs. Bracebridge seemed a little hard and formal to her prospective servant , but for all that Jennie admired the dash and go and the obvious executive capacity of her employer . At eight o'clock that evening Jennie was dismissed for the day . She wondered if she could be of any use in such a household , and marveled that she had got along as well as she had . Her mistress had set her to cleaning her jewelry and boudoir ornaments as an opening task , and though she had worked steadily and diligently , she had not finished by the time she left . She hurried away to her brother 's apartment , delighted to be able to report that she had found a situation .