ten o'clock
And so , though it is a gloomy day for you , poor boy , -- you must go to this place where you are wanted , and I shall think of you all the time you are gone , and shall be so happy to welcome you home to-morrow ! '' And she kissed and clung to him for a moment in silence . All that day Philip was haunted by the remembrance of the lingering tenderness of her farewell embrace . By ten o'clock he was gone , taking Neville with him ; and after her household duties were over , Thelma prepared herself to go and lunch with old Mrs. Lorimer , and see what she would advise concerning the affair of Sir Francis Lennox . But , at the same time , she resolved that nothing should make her speak of the reports that were afloat about her husband and Violet Vere . `` I know it is all false , '' she said to herself over and over again . `` And the people here are as silly as the peasants in Bosekop , ready to believe any untruth so long as it gives them something to talk about .