ten in the morning
Mrs. Broughton and Clara were both there , and when they had seen the outlines as far as it had been drawn , they proceeded to make arrangements for their future operations . The period of work was to begin always at eleven , and was to be continued for an hour and a half or for two hours on the days on which they met . I fear that there was a little improper scheming in this against the two persons whom the ladies were bound to obey . Mr. Dobbs Broughton invariably left his house soon after ten in the morning . It would sometimes happen , though not frequently , that he returned home early in the day , -- at four perhaps , or even before that ; and should he chance to do so while the picture was going on , he would catch them at their work if the work were postponed till after luncheon . And then again , Mrs. Van Siever would often go out in the morning , and when she did so , would always go without her daughter . On such occasions she went into the City , or to other resorts of business , at which , in some manner quite unintelligible to her daughter , she looked after her money .