ten o'clock
Somebody was saying that he got his living as ` bus-conductor , or something of the kind . '' `` I could imagine that , from the look of him . '' It was Mrs. Lessingham 's Wednesday evening . The house at Craven Hill opened its doors at ten o'clock , and until midnight there was no lack of company . Singular people , more or less ; distinguished from society proper by the fact that all had a modicum of brains . Some came from luxurious homes , some from garrets . Visitors from Paris were frequent ; their presence made a characteristic of the salon .