About eleven o'clock
As I said before , I had given up enquiring into the lodging of this host , but Barbara , doubtless , as is her magic way , had caused bedrooms and beds to smile where all had been blank before . She herself was free from any care , being in her brightest mood ; and when Barbara gave herself up to gaiety she was the most delicious thing in the wide world . In the morning the shadow fell . About eleven o'clock Franklin brought me a telegram into the library where Jaffery and I were sitting . I opened it . '' _ Terrible calamity . Come at once .