What is the meaning of the sentence below?
"there's hardly any one here that one would bother about for five minutes at home"

and here comes the context
"...she had understood quickly that as the wife of the Government bacteriologist she was of no particular consequence. It made her angry.
"It's too absurd," she told her husband. "Why, there's hardly any one here that one would bother about for five minutes at home. Mother wouldn't dream of asking any of them to dine at our house."

Question

What is the meaning of the sentence below?
"there's hardly any one here that one would bother about for five minutes at home"

and here comes the context 
"...she had understood quickly that as the wife of the Government bacteriologist she was of no particular consequence. It made her angry.
"It's too absurd," she told her husband. "Why, there's hardly any one here that one would bother about for five minutes at home. Mother wouldn't dream of asking any of them to dine at our house."

Answer

at home = her home town; or her parents' home

The sentence means, "Nobody here is interesting or worth our while or up to our usual standard."

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i think bother means “willing to take time to do” here ，she thinks she is really somebody as the wife of the Government bacteriologist but she is wrong.no one would like to spend time with her in her house. i am not sure if i am right O(∩_∩)O~

Answer

bother here means to worry
I guess she means there's no body stays at home for more than five minutes
or she means there's no important people in her house
tell me when you know the right answer

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