nine o'clock
I have no hope of accomplishing any good , and nothing but humiliation can result from the experiment ; but I will go . Sometimes I believe ; that fate maliciously hunts up the things we most bitterly abhor , and one by one sets them down before us -- labelled Duty . When do you wish me to start ? '' `` To-night , at nine o'clock . In the letter which you will take to father , I have told him our destitution ; and that the money spent for your railway ticket has been obtained by the sacrifice of the diamonds and pearls , that were set around my mother 's picture ; that cameo , which he had cut in Rome and framed in Paris . Beryl so much depends on the impression you make upon him , that you must guard your manner against haughtiness . Try to be patient , my daughter , and if he should seem harsh , do not resent his words .