about eleven
o'clock
If his mother and sisters are like him , they are a company of choice spirits . '' TO the opinion of her sister-in-law , Mrs. Markland made no dissent . She was , also , favourably impressed with Mr. Willet , and looked forward with pleasure to making the acquaintance of his mother and sisters . On the following morning the carriage was ordered , and about eleven o'clock Mrs. Markland , Aunt Grace , and Fanny , were driven over to `` Sweetbrier , '' the fanciful name which Mr. Ashton , the former owner , had given to the beautiful seat , now the property of Mr. Willet . The day was cloudless , the air cool and transparent , the sky of the deepest cerulean . These mirrored themselves in the spirits of our little party . Mrs. Markland looked calm and cheerful ; Fanny 's thoughts were drawn out of herself , and her heart responded to the visible beauty around her .