eleven o'clock
`` I wish I liked people as much as they like me , '' Nina remarked over her breakfast . `` Now I like the Jays -- but this being invited everywhere -- all the time ! '' Harriet , who suspected that Miss Jay 's hospitality was really directed at the engaging Ward , good-naturedly persuaded him to go with his sister , thus assuring a real welcome from Francesca . He looked pale , complained of a headache , and breakfasted on black coffee , but agreed with her that fresh air and exercise would be the one sure cure for him , and tramped off beside Nina at eleven o'clock willingly enough . Harriet was through with her housekeeping and her luncheon , and meditating a letter to Linda , when Ida Tabor fluttered in . Harriet heard the gay voice at the foot of the stairs : `` Oh , sweetheart ! Where 's my little girl ? ''