ten o'clock
Her mind was hardly tuned to poetry of that sort . The things around her were too important to allow her mind to indulge itself with foreign cares . And then she found herself looking at the watch . At Manor Cross ten o'clock every night brought all the servants into the drawing-room . First the butler would come and place the chairs , and then the maids , and then the coachman and footman would follow . Lord George read the prayers , and Mary had always thought them to be very tiring . But she now felt that it would almost be a relief if the butler would come in and place the chairs .