ten o'clock
He could not but fear that persons unusually constituted in body must be the victims of some corresponding crookedness of spirit . But as the evening drew on he became easy on this point . Whatever Richard 's physical infirmity , his nature was wholesome enough . Therefore when , at close upon ten o'clock , Lady Calmady arrived in person to insist that Dickie must go , there and then , straight to bed , she found a pleasant scene awaiting her . The square room was gay with lamplight and firelight , which brought into strong relief the pictures of famous horses and trophies of old-time weapons -- matchlocks , basket-handled swords , and neat silver-hilted rapiers , prettiest of toys with which to pink your man -- that decorated its white-paneled walls . Ormiston stood with his back to the fire , one heel on the fender , his broad shoulders resting against the high chimneypiece , his head bent forward as he looked down , in steady yet kindly scrutiny , at the boy . His face was tanned by the sun and wind of the long sea voyage -- people still came home from India by the Cape -- till his hair and moustache showed pale against his bronzed skin .