eleven o'clock
Only this time it was unconsciously to hide and so defend the new emotion which was creeping into her heart . He stayed with his back turned , looking out of the window ; so , after waiting a moment , she went from the room . At the station they found Jimmy Danvers , and a Mr. and Mrs. Harcourt with the latter 's sister , Miss Opie , and several men . The rest of the party , including Emily and Mary , Jimmy told them , had gone down by the eleven o'clock train . Both Mrs. Harcourt and her sister and , indeed , the whole company were Tristram 's old and intimate friends and they were so delighted to see him , and chaffed and were gay , and Zara watched , and saw that her uncle entered into the spirit of the fun in the saloon , and only she was a stranger and out in the cold . As for Tristram , he seemed to become a different person to the stern , constrained creature of the past week , and he sat in a corner with Mrs. Harcourt , and bent over her and chaffed and whispered in her ear , and she -- Zara -- was left primly in one of the armchairs , a little aloof . But such a provoking looking type of beauty as hers did not long leave the men of the party cold to her charms ; and soon Jimmy Danvers joined her and a Colonel Lowerby , commonly known as `` the Crow , '' and she held a little court .