ten o'clock
And there the ladies lauded Mr Wilbraham 's wisdom in eschewing silver . Everything of the table service that could be of earthenware was of earthenware . The forks and spoons were electro-plate . `` Why , '' Mrs Cotterill said , `` I could run this house without a servant and have myself tidy by ten o'clock in a morning . '' And Mrs Machin nodded . `` And then when you want a regular turn-out , as you call it , '' said Denry , `` there 's the vacuum-cleaner . '' The vacuum-cleaner was at that period the last word of civilisation , and the first agency for it was being set up in Bursley .