six o'clock in the morning
Pardon me for my freedom , but if that boy Louis had been your son , you would have packed him off to dree his weird in the army . And yet he is a wise enough lad , and has come to no great harm -- nay , I know him to be both brave and chivalrous -- '' `` He is a De Raincy , '' said his grandfather , rather haughtily . `` And as such should have a career , '' Julian continued without heeding the expression on my Lord 's face . `` I have heard of a man who had the highest prize of the most distinguished of careers right in his grasp , yet one fine day dropped everything to go out in an unstarched linen shirt with another man at six o'clock in the morning ! '' `` When Louis de Raincy has my reasons for doing the like , '' said Julian , looking directly at the Earl , `` you can welcome him home and let him watch the trees grow in the park . He will have given his proofs and learned the meaning of life . '' `` I beg your pardon ! ''