eleven o'clock
Could it be possible that she had been deliberately awaiting Mark 's return , postponing her answer to the older man until she convinced herself there was not a chance of securing the younger ? An infuriating suspicion , but still not capable of causing Colonel Faversham 's withdrawal . On the contrary , as he shaved the following morning , cutting his chin rather badly , he told himself that if only Bridget would consent to marry him , every other consideration might go to limbo ! By eleven o'clock he was waiting in the sitting-room at Number 5 , Golfney Place . Until her appearance he walked restlessly from the fireplace to the farthest window , stopping to look at the uninviting oleographs on the wall , inspecting the row of David Rosser 's novels which filled the hanging shelf . Colonel Faversham was in an unstable mood this morning . Why could n't Bridget come ?