eight o'clock
A hackney coach was procured , into which the hapless victim of her own follies was carried . Shuddering with disgust , and accompanied by her children and their attendants , she was set down at the noble mansion from which she had fled two years before . Her brother , whom she fortunately found at home , lolling upon a sofa with a new novel in his hand , received her without any marks of surprise ; said those things happened every day ; hoped Captain Douglas would contrive to get himself extricated from this slight embarrassment ; and informed his sister that she was welcome to occupy her old apartments , which had been lately fitted up for Lady Lindore . Then ringing the bell , he desired the housekeeper might show Lady Juliana upstairs , and put the children in the nursery ; mentioned that he generally dined at eight o'clock ; and , nodding to his sister as she quitted the room , returned to his book , as if nothing had occurred to disturb him from it . In ten minutes after her entrance into Courtland house Lady Juliana had made greater advances in _ religion _ and _ philosophy _ than she had done in the whole nineteen years of her life ; for she not only perceived that `` out of evil cometh good , '' but was perfectly ready to admit that `` all is for the best , '' and that `` whatever is , is right . '' `` How lucky is it for me , '' exclaimed she to herself , as she surveyed the splendid suite of apartments that were destined for her accommodation -- `` how very fortunate that things have turned out as they have done ; that Lady Lindore should have run off , and that the General 's marriage should have taken place just at the time of poor papa 's death '' -- and , in short , Lady Juliana set no bounds to her self-gratulations on the happy turn of affairs which had brought about this change in her situation . To a heart not wholly devoid of feeling , and a mind capable of anything like reflection , the desolate appearance of this magnificent mansion would have excited emotions of a very different nature .