one o'clock
`` Inquisitive child ! '' `` No , I was not inquisitive . I was only vastly hipped for want of knowing what to do with myself . And I ran to bid her ladyship good morning , for it was close upon one o'clock ; but she frowned at me , and pushed me aside with a ` Go to your bed , troublesome imp ! What business have you up at this hour ? ' ` As much business as you have riding about in your coach , ' I had a mind to say , mais je me tenais coy ; and made her ladyship la belle Jennings ' curtsy instead . She sinks lower and rises straighter than any of the other ladies .