one o'clock
His host welcomed him at the door . `` Ah , Mr. Bines , a little recreation , eh ? Your favourite dealer , Dutson , is here to-night , if you prefer bank . '' Passing through the crowded , brightly-lighted rooms to one of the faro tables , where his host promptly secured a seat for him , he played meditatively until one o'clock ; adding materially to his host 's reasons for believing he had done wisely to follow his New York clients to their summer annex . Horace Milbrey Upholds the Dignity of His House In the shade of the piazza at the Hotel Mayson next morning there was a sorting out of the mail that had been forwarded from the hotel in New York . The mail of Mrs. Bines was a joy to her son . There were three conventional begging letters , heart-breaking in their pathos , and composed with no mean literary skill .