eleven o'clock
Half the cab-drivers had gone apparently to the seaside , -- or to bed . The shops were still open , but all the respectable shopkeepers were either in Switzerland or at their marine villas . The travelling world had divided itself into Cookites and Hookites ; -- those who escaped trouble under the auspices of Mr. Cook , and those who boldly combated the extortions of foreign innkeepers and the anti-Anglican tendencies of foreign railway officials `` on their own hooks . '' The Duchess of Omnium was nevertheless in town , and the Duke might still be seen going in at the back entrance of the Treasury Chambers every day at eleven o'clock . Mr. Warburton thought it very hard , for he , too , could shoot grouse ; but he would have perished rather than have spoken a word . The Duchess did not ask to see Mrs. Lopez , but left her card and a note . She had not liked , she said , to leave town without calling , though she would not seek to be admitted .