eleven in the morning
The European day , Adelle learned , began about one o'clock with a variety of expeditions and errands , and frequently ended well after midnight at opera or play , or dancing party at the home of some American resident to whom Miss Comstock introduced her charges . This was during the season . Then there were , of course , expeditions to Rome and Vienna and Madrid , tours of cathedral towns , inspection of watering-places , etc. . Behold , thus , the sole descendant of the hard-grubbing , bucolic Clarks waking from her final nap at eleven in the morning , imbibing her coffee from a delicate china cup , and nibbling at her _ brioche _ , while her maid opened the shutters , started a fire in the grate , and laid out her dresses , chattering all the time in charming French about delectable nothings . Addie Clark , surely , would have felt that she had not lived in vain if she could have beheld her only child at this time , and overheard the serious debate as to which '' _ robe _ '' Mademoiselle Adelle would adorn herself with for the afternoon , and have seen her , finally equipped , descending to the salon to join Miss Comstock , who was usually engaged with her correspondence at this hour . Adelle , it is perhaps needless to say , had quickly perceived the enlarged opportunity for the use of her magic lamp . She at once ordered a very comfortable limousine , which was driven by an experienced chauffeur , and thus transported herself , Miss Comstock , and any of the girls she chose to invite to the exhibition at the Georges Petit Gallery , thence to a concert , or perhaps merely to tea at the new hotel in the Champs Élysées .