CHAPTER X.THE DON AND HIS DAUGHTER.
Professor Braddock was usually the most methodical of men, and timed his life by the clock and the almanac.

He rose at seven, summer and winter, to partake of a hearty breakfast, which served him until dinner came at five thirty.

Braddock dined at this unusual hour--save when there was company--as he did not eat any luncheon and scorned the very idea of afternoon tea.

Two meals a day, he maintained, was enough for any man who led a sedentary life, as too much food was apt to clog the wheels of the intellect.

He usually worked in his museum--if the indulgence of his hobby could be called work--from nine until four, after which hour he took a short walk in the garden or through the village.