nine o'clock in the morning
Why , with such a preceptor to help him , should not Felix learn to do his gambling on the Exchange , or among the brokers , or in the purlieus of the Bank ? Lady Carbury would at any rate instigate him to be diligent in his position as director of the Great Mexican Railway , -- which position ought to be the beginning to him of a fortune to be made on his own account . But what hope could there be for him if he should take to drink ? Would not all hopes be over with Mr. Melmotte should he ever learn that his daughter 's lover reached home and tumbled up-stairs to bed between eight and nine o'clock in the morning ? She watched for his appearance on the following day , and began at once on the subject . `` Do you know , Felix , I think I shall go down to your cousin Roger for Whitsuntide . '' `` To Carbury Manor ! ''