nine o'clock
His first torturing love might be for ever frustrate , but it had revealed him to himself . He looked forth upon the world , its activities , its glories , and behold there was for him but one prize worth winning , the love of the ideal woman . He found a letter at Ewell . It contained a card of invitation ; Mrs. John Jacks graciously announced to him that she would be at home on an evening a week hence , at nine o'clock . How came he to have forgotten the Jacks family ? Not once had he mentioned to Miss Derwent that he was on friendly terms with these most respectable people . What a foolish omission !