about two o'clock
During that evening , that night , and the next morning , she remained playing with the coronet in her lap . She would not go to church . What good could any sermon do her while that bauble was dangling before her eyes ? After church-time , about two o'clock , Phineas Finn came to her . Just at this period Phineas would come to her often ; -- sometimes full of a new decision to forget Violet Effingham altogether , at others minded to continue his siege let the hope of success be ever so small . He had now heard that Violet and Lord Chiltern had in truth quarrelled , and was of course anxious to be advised to continue the siege . When he first came in and spoke a word or two , in which there was no reference to Violet Effingham , there came upon Madame Goesler a strong wish to decide at once that she would play no longer with the coronet , that the gem was not worth the cost she would be called upon to pay for it .