ten o'clock
No son of his should go to sea , he was damned if they should ! For , like many another who has yielded to the wandering passion in his youth , John had small mercy on it when it reared its head in his descendants . Henry Ocock was pressing for a second opinion ; his wife had been in poor health since the birth of her last child . Mahony drove to Plevna House one morning between nine and ten o'clock . A thankless task lay before him . Mrs. Henry 's case had been a fruitful source of worry to him ; and he now saw nothing for it but a straight talk with Henry himself . He drove past what had once been the Great Swamp .