six in the
morning
The guests at Millstead Manor were not perhaps particularly well-assorted ; but nevertheless the hours passed by in a round of quiet delights , and the long summer days seemed in no wise tedious . The Bishop and Mrs. Bartlett had reluctantly gone to open the bazaar , and Miss Chambers went with them , but otherwise the party was unchanged ; for Morewood , who had come originally only for two days , had begged leave to stay , received it on condition of showing due respect to everybody 's prejudices , telegraphed for his materials , and was fitfully busy making sketches , not of Lady Claudia , to her undisguised annoyance , but of Stafford , with whose face he had been wonderfully struck . Stafford himself was the only one of the party , besides his artistic tormentor , who had not abandoned himself to the charms of idleness . His great work was understood to make rapid progress between six in the morning , when he always rose , and half-past nine , when the party assembled at breakfast ; and he was also busy in writing a reply to a daring person who had recently asserted in print that on the whole the less said about the Council of Chalcedon the better . `` The Pope 's wild about it ! '' reported Bob Territon to the usual after-breakfast group on the lawn : `` says the beggar 's impudence licks him . '' `` He shall not work any more , '' exclaimed Claudia , darting into the house , whence she presently emerged , followed by Stafford , who resignedly sat himself down with them .