two in the morning
The great doors flew open . The servants , male and female , lined the hall on both sides , and received her bowing and courtesying low , on the very spot where she had nearly met her death ; her husband took her hand and conducted her in state to her own apartment . It was open house to all that joyful day , and at night magnificent fireworks on the sweep , seen from the drawing-room by Mrs. Vizard , Miss Maitland , Miss Gale , Miss Dover , and the rosy-cheeked curate , whom she had tied to her apron-strings . At two in the morning , Mr. Harris showed Mr. Ashmead to his couch . Both gentlemen went upstairs a little graver than any of our modern judges , and firm as a rock ; but their firmness resembled that of a roof rather than a wall ; for these dignities as they went made one inverted V -- so , A . It is time the `` Woman-hater '' drew to a close , for the woman-hater is spoiled . He begins sarcastic speeches , from force of habit , but stops short in the middle .