ten o'clock
There were the gems , and the presents , and all the nice things that money can buy . There were two dinner parties every day , one at two o'clock called lunch , and the other at eight . The tradesmen had learned enough to be quite free of doubt , and in the City Mr. Melmotte 's name was worth any money , -- though his character was perhaps worth but little . The large house on the south side of Grosvenor Square was all ablaze by ten o'clock . The broad verandah had been turned into a conservatory , had been covered in with boards contrived to look like trellis-work , was heated with hot air and filled with exotics at some fabulous price . A covered way had been made from the door , down across the pathway , to the road , and the police had , I fear , been bribed to frighten foot passengers into a belief that they were bound to go round . The house had been so arranged that it was impossible to know where you were , when once in it .