about noon
But keep her up ever so late , meet her ever so early , by breakfast-time she is dressed for the day , and at her earliest hour , as nice as others dressed . All her forms thus kept up , wonder not that I have made so little progress in the proposed trial . -- But how must all this distance stimulate ! Thursday morning , as I said , we were extremely happy -- about noon , she numbered the hours she had been with me ; all of them to be but as one minute ; and desired to be left to herself . I was loth to comply : but observing the sun-shine began to shut in , I yielded . I dined out . Returning , I talked of the house , and of Mrs. Fretchville -- had seen Mennell -- had pressed him to get the widow to quit : she pitied Mrs. Fretchville -LSB- another good effect of the overheard conversation -RSB- -- had written to Lord M. , expected an answer soon from him .