eleven
o'clock in the morning
Having arrived the evening previous , this creature , as handsome as she was perverted , as enchanting as she was dangerous , had received detailed instructions from Baron de Graun . It will be remembered that after the last interview between Rudolph and Mrs. Pipelet , the latter having adroitly proposed Cecily to Mrs. Seraphin to replace Louise Morel as servant to the notary , the housekeeper had willingly received her overtures , and promised to speak on the subject to Jacques Ferrand , which she had done in terms the most favorable to Cecily , the very same morning of the day on which she -LRB- Mrs. Seraphin -RRB- had been drowned at Ravageurs ' Island . Rudolph went to learn the result of Cecily 's offer . To his great astonishment , on entering the lodge , he found , although it was eleven o'clock in the morning , Pipelet in bed , and Anastasia standing beside him , offering him drink . Alfred , whose forehead and eyes disappeared under a formidable cotton cap , not answering Anastasia , she concluded he was asleep , and closed the curtains of his bed . On turning she saw Rudolph . Immediately she carried , according to custom , the back of her open left hand against her wig .