ten in the morning
But why did n't ye tell me ye was the cook ? I was near turnin ' ye down for bein ' one of thim foreign counts ! '' Vuyning left his club , cursing it softly , without any particular anger . From ten in the morning until eleven it had bored him immeasurably . Kirk with his fish story , Brooks with his Porto Rico cigars , old Morrison with his anecdote about the widow , Hepburn with his invariable luck at billiards -- all these afflictions had been repeated without change of bill or scenery . Besides these morning evils Miss Allison had refused him again on the night before . But that was a chronic trouble .