ten o'clock
Levity was sternly rebuked in her . She had no young acquaintances to teach her foolishness , or tell her of her mother 's sin . She was allowed no money to fritter away on vanities , no silly novels to read , such as those your friends write , no frivolous pursuits which could distract her mind from duty -- yet she is her mother over again , and , like her mother , runs away from my house by stealth , in the dead of night . '' `` It was n't ten o'clock when I met her in the railway station , '' Somerled defended the absent . `` She was then not very stealthily seeking a train for London , where she expected to find her mother . Mrs. West has written you , I know , and told you everything that happened . For my part , I 've called to speak of a plan I have in mind for your granddaughter .