half past nine
Or the man who , starting in life with everything against him , arrives , not by creeping , but by leaps and bounds . I do not wish to cast a shade on individual effort ; I only say this : If you ever find Circumstance , whose other name is Fortune , feeling for you in order to make you a lord , do n't kick , for when Fortune takes an interest in a man , she is cunning as a woman . She is a woman in fact . At half past nine , a knock came to the door . It was opened by Church , who ushered in Teresa , Countess of Rochester . Jones rose from his chair , Church shut the door , and they found themselves alone and face to face . The girl did not sit down .