eleven o’clock
no need for thinking of that ! I must only take thought for the day . ' And soon again she slept . Theodora had gone out so entirely convinced that Violet would relinquish her intention , that , meeting Mrs. Finch , she arranged to be taken up at eleven o'clock . On returning home she heard that Mrs. Martindale was asleep ; and , as they had dined early , she drank coffee in her own room , and read with the Brogden girl , as part of her system of compensation , intending to spare further discussion by seeing Violet no more that night . She proceeded to dress her hair -- not as helplessly as at first , for the lessons had not been without fruit ; but to-night nothing had a good effect . Not being positively handsome , her good looks depended on colour , dress , and light ; and the dislike to failure , and the desire to command attention , made it irritating to find her hair obstinate and her ornaments unbecoming ; and she was in no placid state when Violet entered the room , ready dressed .