one in the morning
She looked at other women of her acquaintance , and thought that when her husband came home she would wear just as dazzling gems and just as beautiful dresses , and she , too , might talk about her country place , and invite her friends down to this rural retreat at Whitsuntide , and make up a nice house-party in the autumn , and again in the winter . Oh , yes , the world with its fascinations was stealing more and more into her heart , and she had no room for the best of all . She forgot her lonely child during these hours . Mrs. Ogilvie returned from a fashionable reception between twelve and one in the morning . Hortense was up and tired . She could scarcely conceal her yawns as she unstitched the diamonds which she had sewn on her mistress 's dress earlier in the evening , and put away the different jewels . At last , however , her duties were over , and she went away to her room .