two in the evening
She was nothing to me , after all , except my mistress . Grant used to say things like that and I would not believe her . She was right when she said I was only a charity child . '' Phyllis and Nell were accustomed to go to the drawing-room for an hour or two in the evening after their father and mother had dined , and on this occasion Hetty was invited to accompany them . It was not Mrs. Enderby 's intention that she should always do so , but she considered that it would be well to include her to-night . The last evening spent by Hetty in the drawing-room at the Hall was that one on which she had entertained the company with her mimicries . Then , full of pride and delight in her own powers of giving amusement , she had felt herself in a position to despise all disapproval and dislike .