about eleven o'clock in the morning
I am all right this morning . '' She was entitled to ask the pledge of my honour , if she chose . I tore the note in fragments and burned them . It was about eleven o'clock in the morning when I went out into the garden . There was a group on the terrace -- my mother , Victoria , and William Adolphus . They were laughing and talking and seemed very merry . As a rule I should have waved a `` good morning '' and passed on for my solitary walk .