eleven a.m.
It may safely be asserted that his feelings were strong , his affections warm , his partisanship fervent , and his organ of humour decidedly developed . I picture him lithe and quick , with ready tongue and brilliant eyes ; but perhaps I am as much mistaken as Isoult was concerning Alice Wikes . If the mania '' _ de faire son portrait _ '' which was so much the fashion in France in the reign of Louis the Fourteenth had pervaded England in the sixteenth century , we might have obtained much curious information which is now lost to us . When all the members of our little group were gathered round the dinner-table , -- which was not until eleven a.m. , for the Averys dined unusually late that day -- Dr Thorpe laid the subject which had been discussed before Mr Underhill , and requested his opinion on the matter . Could he find a man for the time ? Isoult shook her head dubiously . `` With whom take you part ? ''