two in the morning
But , in truth , she did not ask for advice in order that she might follow it . She had plans in her head with which she knew that Roger would not sympathise . She still thought that Sir Felix might bloom and burst out into grandeur , wealth , and fashion , as the husband of a great heiress , and in spite of her son 's vices , was proud of him in that anticipation . When he succeeded in obtaining from her money , as in the case of that £ 20 , -- when , with brazen-faced indifference to her remonstrances , he started off to his club at two in the morning , when with impudent drollery he almost boasted of the hopelessness of his debts , a sickness of heart would come upon her , and she would weep hysterically , and lie the whole night without sleeping . But could he marry Miss Melmotte , and thus conquer all his troubles by means of his own personal beauty , -- then she would be proud of all that had passed . With such a condition of mind Roger Carbury could have no sympathy . To him it seemed that a gentleman was disgraced who owed money to a tradesman which he could not pay .