Half past ten o'clock
He smiled , a wry smile . `` We 're making some headway , '' he vouchsafed , `` but of course we 've only begun really -- '' Molly took to herself no comfort from his casual tone . She fixed an inquiring eye on the lawyer 's despondent shoulders and went out without another word . But back in the kitchen she thumped her bread outrageously as she kneaded it , `` Lawyers is the numbskull boys , '' she grumbled , `` I belave none of them know their business -- '' Half past ten o'clock , eleven o'clock , half past eleven -- Felicia still knitted , she could no longer see what she was knitting . Her eyes were blurred with unshed tears . It was n't for herself that she cared , it was for all of the rest of them . From the stairway she could hear Molly 's voice comforting the Architect 's wife as they helped her down from the nursery to Maman 's room , `` Sure , they 's no need to worry .