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I think it must have been my absence at the usual breakfast-hour which got on her nerves ; and that unsatisfied mental or psychical irritation increased as the day wore on . RUPERT 'S JOURNAL -- _ Continued _ . _ May _ 20 , 1907 . The clock on the mantelpiece in my room , which chimes on the notes of the clock at St. James 's Palace , was striking midnight when I opened the glass door on the terrace . I had put out my lights before I drew the curtain , as I wished to see the full effect of the moonlight . Now that the rainy season is over , the moon is quite as beautiful as it was in the wet , and a great deal more comfortable . I was in evening dress , with a smoking-jacket in lieu of a coat , and I felt the air mild and mellow on the warm side , as I stood on the terrace .