eleven o'clock
Of course we could not have shown any incivility to a member of your family ; but if you can arrange this -- '' `` Sir , '' said Mr. Pindar , dropping his head forward , and gazing up through his eyebrows . `` I know not ` if . ' Regard the thing as done ! '' Punctually at eleven o'clock , Mrs. Pryor bustled and crackled up the garden path , and rang a defiant peal at the bell . She had brought no luggage with her ; this was a preliminary skirmish , so to speak , merely to try her ground and assert her rights ; but she was prepared to do fierce battle with Direxia Hawkes or any one else who might attempt to impede her progress in the Path of Duty . Accordingly , when she heard footsteps approaching along the hall , she stood with heaving breast and glittering eye , ready and determined to effect an entrance the instant a crack of the door should be opened . But there was no question of a crack this time .