ten o'clock
Cecilia was down-stairs at a quarter to nine . The breakfast-room was empty of all but Lord Palmet and Mr. Wardour - Devereux ; one selecting a cigar to light out of doors , the other debating between two pipes . She beckoned to Palmet , and commissioned him to inform Beauchamp that she wished him to drive her down to Bevisham in her pony-carriage . Palmet brought back word from Beauchamp that he had an appointment at ten o'clock in the town . ` I want to see him , ' she said ; so Palmet ran out with the order . Cecilia met Beauchamp in the entrance - hall . ` You must not go , ' she said bluntly .