eleven o'clock
To her surprise he assented , even confessed that he had already ordered the carriage . He had never to her knowledge done such a thing before , and little as she knew of real illness , nothing as she knew of danger and death , she felt a sharp pain at her heart as she watched him driving away . The pain , however , was but momentary , lost in the pressing interests of other thoughts . Before eleven o'clock she had started off to see Mrs. Home . Now it was by no means her intention to go to this newly found relation empty handed . Mrs. Home might or might not be willing to receive a gift of money , but Charlotte hoped so to be able to convey it to her as to save her pride from being too greatly hurt . Charlotte had a small banking account of her own .