nearly eight o’clock
I do n't believe what they say : that husbands and wives should be the opposite of one another . Mr. St. Leonard ought to have married a brainy woman , who would have discussed philosophy with him , and have been just as happy drinking beer out of a tea-cup : you know the sort I mean . If ever I marry it will be a short-tempered man who loves music and is a good dancer ; and if I find out too late that he 's clever I 'll run away from him . `` Dick has not yet come home -- nearly eight o'clock . Veronica is supposed to be in bed , but I can hear things falling . Poor boy ! I expect he 'll be tired ; but to-day is an exception .