eleven o’clock
And then she waited for a whole week . The curtains were sent to the laundry , the brass knobs on the doors of the stoves were made to shine , the furniture was polished . The sister should see that her brother was living with a decent person . And then she made coffee , one morning at eleven o'clock , the time when the sister would call . She came , straight as if she had swallowed a poker , and gave Mary-Louisa a hand which was as stiff as a batting staff . She examined the bed-room furniture , but refused to drink coffee , and never once looked her sister-in-law in the face . But she showed a faint , though genuine , interest in the baby .