eight o’clock before
I owed it to my reputation . Then I went upstairs and dressed for dinner . I consider I owe that to Stenson . It was eight o'clock before I sat down , but Antoinette 's ducklings were delicious and brought consolation for the upheaval of the day . I was unfolding the latest edition of _ The Westminster Gazette _ with which I always soothe the digestive half-hour after dinner , when Antoinette entered to report progress . She was sound asleep , the poor little one . Oh , but she was tired .