eleven o'clock
She wished ardently to know whether his son was gone abroad , and whether Mrs Delvile was recovered , whose health , in her own letter , was mentioned in terms the most melancholy : yet neither of these enquiries could she even think of making , since reasonably , without them , apprehensive of some reproach . Mr Monckton , the next day , as soon as breakfast was over , went out , to avoid showing , even to Cecilia , the anxiety he felt concerning the regulation of her fortune , and arrangement of her affairs . He strongly , however , advised her not to mention her large debt , which , though contracted in the innocence of the purest benevolence , would incur nothing but reproof and disapprobation , from all who only heard of it , when they heard of its inutility . At eleven o'clock , though an hour before the time appointed , while Cecilia was sitting in Lady Margaret 's dressing room , `` with sad civility and an aching head , '' she was summoned to Mr Briggs in the parlour . He immediately began reproaching her with having eloped from him , in the summer , and with the various expences she had caused him from useless purchases and spoilt provisions . He then complained of Mr Delvile , whom he charged with defrauding him of his dues ; but observing in the midst of his railing her dejection of countenance , he suddenly broke off , and looking at her with some concern , said , `` what 's the matter , Ducky ? a 'n' t well ?