nearly seven o'clock
Annette made no reply ; but went on busily with her unpacking . If the clothes were to be got rid of , they were her perquisites . She was devoted to Constance , but she stood on her rights . Presently a little space was cleared on the floor , and Constance , seeing that it was nearly seven o'clock , and the Hoopers supped at half past , took off her black dress with its crape , and put on a white one , high to the throat and long-sleeved ; a French demi-toilette , plain , and even severe in make , but cut by the best dressmaker in Nice . She looked extraordinarily tall and slim in it and very foreign . Her maid clasped a long string of opals , which was her only ornament , about her neck . She gave one look at herself in the glass , holding herself proudly , one might have said arrogantly .