nearly one in the morning
Even mamma -LRB- she 's fond of music -- it 's her only good quality -- and where should I get mine from if she was n't ? -RRB- could n't stop quite stony , though she did her best , I promise you . As for papa , he was chuckling so over mamma 's dilemma -- because she wanted to trample on Paggy , and it _ was _ a dilemma -- that he did n't care how long it went on . And do you know , dear , it _ did _ go on -- one thing after another , that Frau glued to the clavier like a limpet not detachable without violence -- till nearly one in the morning , having begun at ten about ! And there was papa and Egerton and Theeny all sniggering at mamma , I know , in secret , and really proud of the connexion , if the truth were known . Mamma tried to get a little revenge by saying to me freezingly when the Höfenhoffer had gone : ` I suppose you are going home with Mr. Bradshaw , Lætitia ? Good-night . '