two in the morning
Rosalind avoided becoming acquainted with these people . She was in a mood to be alone , to spend as many hours as possible alone with her own thoughts . She got to the office at eight and her employer did not arrive until nine-thirty or ten . For an hour or two in the morning and in the late afternoon she had the place to herself . Immediately she shut the door into the hallway and was alone she felt at home . Even in her father 's house it had never been so . She took off her wraps and walked about the room touching things , putting things to rights .