ten o'clock
Miss Thornton said , through the general shocked laughter . `` You ought n't say things like that , '' Miss Garvey remonstrated . `` It 's awful bad luck . Mamma had a married cousin in Detroit and she put on a widow 's veil for fun -- '' At ten o'clock a flutter went through the office . Young Mr. Coleman was suddenly to be seen , standing beside Mr. Brauer at his high desk . He was exceptionally big and broad , handsome and fresh looking , with a look of careful grooming and dressing that set off his fine head and his fine hands ; he wore a very smart light suit , and carried well the affectation of lavender tie and handkerchief and hose , and an opal scarf-pin . He seemed to be laughing a good deal over his new work , but finally sat down to a pile of bills , and did not interrupt Mr. Brauer after that oftener than ten times a minute .