nine o'clock
Evey had no sympathy with her sister 's missionary adventure . She saw what Mrs. Norman would n't see -- that , if they forced Mrs. Wilkinson on people who were trying to keep away from her , people would simply keep away from them . Their Fridays were not so well attended , so delightful , as they had been . A heavy cloud of dulness seemed to come into the room , with Mrs. Wilkinson , at nine o'clock . It hung about her chair , and spread slowly , till everybody was wrapped in it . Then Evey protested . She wanted to know why Cornelia allowed their evenings to be blighted thus .