About eleven o'clock
I was greeted kindly by Mr. and Mrs. Burnside the next morning , when we met at the breakfast table . The aunt , being somewhat of an invalid , did not usually take her morning meal with the family . The only allusion to my circumstances was made by Mr. Burnside , who said I had better defer any conversation upon the subject for the present , and that , in the meantime , he wished me to consider his house as my home . About eleven o'clock that morning , as I was sitting in the room with Mrs. Russell , Mrs. Burnside 's aunt , the servant came up to inform me that a young gentleman was in the parlor , who wished to see me . Looking at the card which the girl handed me , I read the name of Willie Leighton . I was sorry to wound his feelings ; but , when I left their dwelling , I firmly resolved that I would never intentionally meet with Willie again . I therefore requested the servant to inform Mr. Leighton that I was engaged .