ten o'clock at night
A little while before Florine made up her mind to atone for her shameful breach of confidence , Mother Bunch had returned from the factory , after accomplishing to the end her painful task . After a long interview with Angela , struck , like Agricola , with the ingenuous grace , sense , and goodness , with which the young girl was endowed , Mother Bunch had the courageous frankness to advise the smith to enter into this marriage . The following scene took place whilst Florine , still occupied in reading the journal , had not yet taken the praiseworthy resolution of replacing it . It was ten o'clock at night . The workgirl , returned to Cardoville House , had just entered her chamber . Worn out by so many emotions , she had thrown herself into a chair . The deepest silence reigned in the house .