about eleven o'clock
Moreover , if he failed , there was always Peter Davenant ready to loom up above him . `` I must keep higher than him , '' he said to himself , `` whatever it costs me . '' So , little by little , the Umfraville in him also woke , with its daredevil chivalry . It might be said to have urged him on , while the Ashley prudence held him back , when from his room in the hotel he communicated by telephone with Olivia , begging her to arrange an interview between Guion and himself about eleven o'clock . * * * * * On taking the message to her father Olivia found him awake , but still in bed . Since his downfall had become generally known , she had noticed a reluctance on his part to get up . It was true he was not well ; but his shrinking from activity was beyond what his degree of illness warranted .