eleven o'clock
The next morning the three gentlemen , with Mr. Grey 's clerk , sat down to breakfast , solemn and silent . The clerk had been especially entreated to say nothing of what he had learned , and was therefore not questioned by his master . But in truth he had learned but little , having spent his time in the sorting and copying of letters which , though they all bore upon the subject in hand , told nothing of the real tale . Farther surmises were useless now , as at eleven o'clock Mr. Grey and Mr. Merton were to go up together to the squire 's room . The clerk was to remain within call , but there would be no need of Mountjoy . `` I suppose I may as well go to bed , '' said he , `` or up to London , or anywhere . '' Mr. Grey very sententiously advised him at any rate not to go up to London .