ten o'clock
` Ah ! I wish Mr. Durance were here , ' Skepsey rejoined . ` It would upset his bumboat of epigrams . He rises at ten o'clock to a queasy breakfast by candlelight , and proceeds to composition . His picture of the country is a portrait of himself by the artist . ' ` But , sir , Captain Dartrey , you do n't think as Mr. Durance does of England ! ' ` There are lots to flatter her , Skepsey !