ten o’clock
I know not from which parent that young woman inherited her gift of strategy , but she was a master . To use the resources of one lover in order to ascertain if another lover had any ; to lay tribute on everything that Charley possessed ; on his influence in the business world , which enabled him to walk into the V-C Chemical Company 's office and borrow an expert in the phosphate line ; on his launch in which to pop the expert and take him up the river , and see in his company and learn from his lips just what resources of worldly wealth were likely to be in-store for John Mayrant ; and finally -LRB- which was the key to all the rest -RRB- on his inveterate passion for her , on his banker-like determination through all the thick and thin of discouragement , and worse than discouragement , of contemptuous coquetry , to possess her at any cost he could afford ; -- to use all this that Charley had , in order that she might judiciously arrive at the decision whether she would take him or his rival , left one lost in admiration . And then , not to waste a moment ! To reach town one evening , and next morning by ten o'clock to have that expert safe in the launch on his way up the river to the phosphate diggings ! The very audacity of such unscrupulousness commanded my respect : successful dishonor generally wins louder applause than successful virtue . But to be married to her ! Oh !