eleven o'clock
The references to Susan Brundon were as scant as , evidently , Stephen Jannan could arrange ; but her name , her Academy , were invested with an odious publicity . Jasper Penny saw again that he was a person of moment ; his part in the affair gave it a greatly augmented importance . Yet now the worst , he told himself , was at an end ; the publicity would recede ; after a decent interval he could see Susan . This mood was interrupted by an imperative communication from Stephen -- he must be in the other 's office at eleven o'clock to-morrow . Nothing more definite was said ; but Jasper Penny was not wholly surprised to see Essie Scofield huddled in a chair at the lawyer 's table . She had made an attempt at the bravado of apparel , but it had evidently failed midway ; her hair hung loosely about a damp brow , the strings of her bonnet were in disarray , a shawl partially hid a bodice wrongly fastened . Her face was apathetic , with leaden shadows and dark lips ceaselessly twisting , now drawn into a petulant line , now drooping in childish impotence .