Nine o'clock
` I help ` oo , does n't I , Teeven ? ' she used to say to the gray-headed old gardener , who first taught her to distinguish flowers from weeds . ` I shall never learn as much out of these horrid books as poor old Stevens taught me , ' she said afterwards , when the gray head was at rest under the sod , and governesses , botany manuals , and hard words from the Greek were the order of the day . Nine o'clock was the breakfast hour at Fellside . There were no family prayers . Lady Maulevrier did not pretend to be pious , and she put no restraints of piety upon other people . She went to Church on Sunday mornings for the sake of example ; but she read all the newest scientific books , subscribed to the Anthropological Society , and thought as the newest scientific people think .