half past eleven
No one gave him a thought . He was only Boris , one of the younger children . He was alone in the schoolroom . He looked at the clock ; it pointed to half past eleven ; he would not be free until half past twelve . Picnics at the Towers were hastily improvised affairs . Long before his hour of punishment was over the others would all be off and away . It was scarcely likely that any of them would even miss him .