evening, about nine o'clock
Of course he said nothing of Marie 's money , or of that which he had himself received from Melmotte . And as his mother had heard nothing of these sums she could not contradict what he said . She got from him no further statement , but she was sure that there was a story to be told which would reach her ears sooner or later . That evening , about nine o'clock , Mr. Broune called in Welbeck Street . He very often did call now , coming up in a cab , staying for a cup of tea , and going back in the same cab to the office of his newspaper . Since Lady Carbury had , so devotedly , abstained from accepting his offer , Mr. Broune had become almost sincerely attached to her . There was certainly between them now more of the intimacy of real friendship than had ever existed in earlier days .