about nine o'clock in the evening
said Mr. Broune . Mr. Broune 's anxiety had been so intense that he had paid half a year 's allowance in advance to Mr. Blake out of his own pocket . Indeed , he had paid various sums for Lady Carbury , -- so that that unfortunate woman would often tell herself that she was becoming subject to the great editor , almost like a slave . He came to her , three or four times a week , at about nine o'clock in the evening , and gave her instructions as to all that she should do . `` I would n't write another novel if I were you , '' he said . This was hard , as the writing of novels was her great ambition , and she had flattered herself that the one novel which she had written was good . Mr. Broune 's own critic had declared it to be very good in glowing language .