three o'clock in the
morning
People indeed said that she watched him narrowly , but of persons in high station common people will say anything . It was at any rate certain that she made the declining years of that great nobleman 's life comfortable and decorous . Madame Max Goesler was also at Matching , a lady whose society always gave gratification to the duke . And Mr. Palliser was also there , taking the rest that was so needful to him ; -- by which it must be understood that after having worked all day , he was able to eat his dinner , and then only write a few letters before going to bed , instead of attending the House of Commons till two or three o'clock in the morning . But his mind was still deep in quints and semitenths . His great measure was even now in committee . His hundred and second clause had been carried , with only nine divisions against him of any consequence .