eleven o'clock
-- find a way , perhaps , to rescue him in his troubles and shelter his old age . She was so sure of herself to-day , and so nearly sure of Ashley , that even the shock of seeing Peter Davenant coming up the driveway , between the clumps of shrubbery , brought her no dismay . She was quick in reading the situation . It was after eleven o'clock ; he had had time to go to Boston , and , learning that her father was not at his office , had come to seek him at home . She made her arrangements promptly . Withdrawing from the window before he could see her , she bade the maid say that , Mr. Guion being ill , Miss Guion would be glad to see Mr. Davenant , if he would have the kindness to come in . To give an air of greater naturalness to the _ mise-en-scène _ , she took a bit of embroidery from her work-basket , and began to stitch at it , seating herself near the open window .