nine o'clock
Her spirit burned with indignation against those who , as she thought , had worked the change , and O ! where was the influence from which Edmund hoped so much ? The next day was long and miserable , for Gerald gave no sign of yielding , but remained shut up in his room , maintaining an absolute silence , when , at different times , Mrs. Lyddell went to visit him , and assure him that Mr. Lyddell was fixed in his determination to send him to school if he did not yield before the time of grace was up . The time of grace was at an end the next morning , and at nine o'clock , Gerald was summoned to the dining-room , where Mr. and Mrs. Lyddell were at breakfast . He wanted to carry it off with a high hand , but his long day of solitude had dulled him , and he looked pale and weary . `` Gerald , '' said Mrs. Lyddell , `` I am sorry you have so persisted in your misbehaviour to oblige us to punish you , as we threatened to do . Are you now willing to own that you did wrong ? ''