ten o'clock
Practically she was making them now , and essentially he was knowing it ; yet inevitably , all the same , he was accepting it . She stood there close to him , with something in her patience that suggested her having supposed , when he spoke more appealingly , that he was going to kiss her . He had n't been , it appeared ; but his continued appeal was none the less the quieter . `` What 's he doing , from ten o'clock on Christmas morning , with Mrs. Lowder ? '' Kate looked surprised . `` Did n't she tell you he 's staying there ? '' `` At Lancaster Gate ? ''