eight o'clock before
After standing bewildered at the door for a few minutes , he retired into his study , where the change in his wife 's demeanour haunted him , and obscured Mr Wentworth . Mrs Morgan sat at the head of the table at dinner with an equal want of curiosity . Even when the subject was discussed between the Rector and Mr Proctor , she asked no questions -- a course of procedure very puzzling and trying to Mr Morgan , who could not make it out . It was after eight o'clock before the tribunal of the morning was reconstituted at the Rectory . Most of the gentlemen came late , and the little assembly brought with it a flavour of port , which modified the serious atmosphere . When the bed of justice was again formed , Mr Wentworth entered with the bodyguard of Wentworths , which numbered half as many as his judges . Half from curiosity , half from a reluctant inclination to please his father , Jack had joined the others , and they came in together , all of them noticeable men , profoundly different , yet identified as belonging to each other by the touching bond of family resemblance .