eleven in the morning
Although at work upon his `` Additional Estimates , '' he responded at once . The lady was combing her emotional mane in the sunshine before the mirror of her boudoir when he arrived , and the maid had been dismissed . `` Well , Egeria , '' he said , smiling down upon this dazzling vision , `` what is it ? What warning of tremendous import have you to deliver , that you rout a busy Secretary from his work at eleven in the morning ? I dared not loiter , lest your capricious majesty refuse me your door upon my next evening of leisure -- '' `` It is not I who am capricious ! '' cried Mrs. Croix . She pouted charmingly .