about noon
She had read and read the scene again with many painful , many wondering emotions , and looked forward to their representation of it as a circumstance almost too interesting . She did not _ believe _ they had yet rehearsed it , even in private . The morrow came , the plan for the evening continued , and Fanny 's consideration of it did not become less agitated . She worked very diligently under her aunt 's directions , but her diligence and her silence concealed a very absent , anxious mind ; and about noon she made her escape with her work to the East room , that she might have no concern in another , and , as she deemed it , most unnecessary rehearsal of the first act , which Henry Crawford was just proposing , desirous at once of having her time to herself , and of avoiding the sight of Mr. Rushworth . A glimpse , as she passed through the hall , of the two ladies walking up from the Parsonage made no change in her wish of retreat , and she worked and meditated in the East room , undisturbed , for a quarter of an hour , when a gentle tap at the door was followed by the entrance of Miss Crawford . `` Am I right ? Yes ; this is the East room .