ten o'clock
Thus closed the 23d of November , 18 -- . `` The house rests not on the earth , but on the wife . '' -- _ Servian Proverb . _ Mr. Henry Denvil arose at ten o'clock on the morning of the 24th of November . His head ached ; his recollections of the previous evening were confused , further than a conviction that he had partaken of a champagne supper at the hotel , and played cards for money afterward with Jacques Robin and his wife . A man must occupy his evenings in some way . The habits of earlier life were still sufficiently strong to render him ashamed of having slept until ten o'clock .