About eleven o'clock
Ben found his office a most cheerful and pleasant resort -- just what he needed . And each morning as soon as his breakfast was eaten , he went to his desk to write , to read his morning paper , and to glance at the law journals . He called this `` studying . '' About eleven o'clock the Haneys regularly drove down , and they went over some paper , or some proposal for investment , or Williams came in with a report of the mines . This filled in the time till lunch . Not infrequently he got into the carriage , and they rode up to get Alice to fill out the table . In the afternoon they sometimes went out to the mesas , and it was this almost daily habit of driving and lunching with the Haneys which infuriated Mrs. Crego -LRB- who really loved Alice -RRB- and troubled Lee Congdon -LRB- who was , as she said , frankly in love with Ben -RRB- .