ten o'clock
But that he should dismiss her father 's old servant as he had sold her father 's old horse ; that this good old man , who had grown from boyhood to age under her ancestral roof , who remembered her father in the bloom and glory of early youth ; that this faithful servant should be thrust out at the bidding of an interloper -- a paltry schemer , who , in Vixen 's estimation , had been actuated by the basest and most mercenary motives when he married her mother ; -- that these things should be , moved Violet Tempest with an overwhelming anger . She kept her passion under , so far as to speak very calmly to Bates . Her face was white with suppressed rage , her great brown eyes shone with angry fire , her lips quivered as she spoke , and the rings on one clinched hand were ground into the flesh of the slender fingers . `` Never mind , Bates , '' she said very gently ; `` I 'll get you a good place before ten o'clock to-night . Pack up your clothes , and be ready to go where I tell you two hours hence . But first saddle Arion . '' `` Bless yer heart , Miss Voylet , you 're not going out riding this evening ?