eleven o'clock
And gladly would I have done so , if I could , but the power was not in me . No doubt it served me right for having been proud about such a trifle ; but though I could call it a trifle as long as it seemed to be in my favor , my strength of mind was not enough to look at it so when against me . Betsy told me not to be like that , for I had a great deal to go through yet , and must not be drawing on my spirit so , every atom of which would be needful . For the General -- as she called the Major -- was coming to fetch me at eleven o'clock to face some abominable rascals , and without any breakfast how could I do it ? Then I remembered all about the appointment to go to Messrs. Vypan , Goad , and Terryer , and beginning to think about them , I saw sad confirmation of my bad ideas . My father 's wicked elder brother by another mother had left his own rights pending , as long as my father lived , for good reason . For if the latter had turned against him , through a breach of compact , things might go ill in a criminal court ; but having him silenced now by death , this man might come forward boldly and claim estates and title .