six o'clock
The first time Belinda saw his lordship he was dead drunk in the arms of two footmen ; his lady , who had just returned from Ranelagh , passed him on the stairs with the utmost contempt . `` Do n't look so shocked and amazed , Belinda . Do n't look so _ new _ , child . This funeral of my lord 's intellects is to me a nightly ceremony ; or , '' said her ladyship , looking at her watch and yawning , `` I believe I should say a daily ceremony -- six o'clock , I protest ! '' The next morning Clarence Hervey called , and Belinda found him a most uncommonly pleasant young man . Lord Delacour was jealous of him ; but although he would have started with horror at the idea of disturbing the peace of a family , in that family , he said , there was no peace to disturb . Consequently , he visited her ladyship every day , and every day viewed Belinda with increasing admiration , and with increasing dread of being taken in to marry a niece of that `` catch-matchmaker , '' as Mrs. Stanhope was known amongst the men of his acquaintance .