about two o'clock
I was too exhausted and stupid to clear up this horrible muddle , and merely lay with my face toward the wall , motionless and silent , except for a great sigh every now and then . Good Mary Quince was in the room -- there was some comfort in that ; but I felt quite worn out , and had rather she did not speak to me ; and indeed for the time I felt absolutely indifferent as to whether I lived or died . Cousin Monica this morning , at pleasant Elverston , all-unconscious of my sad plight , proposed to Lady Mary Carysbroke and Lord Ilbury , her guests , to drive over to church at Feltram , and then pay us a visit at Bartram-Haugh , to which they readily agreed . Accordingly , at about two o'clock , this pleasant party of three arrived at Bartram . They walked , having left the carriage to follow when the horses were fed ; and Madame de la Rougierre , who was in my uncle 's room when little Giblets arrived to say that the party were in the parlour , whispered for a little with my uncle , who then said -- ` Miss Maud Ruthyn has gone out to drive , but I shall be happy to see Lady Knollys here , if she will do me the favour to come upstairs and see me for a few moments ; and you can mention that I am very far from well . ' Madame followed him out upon the lobby , and added , holding him by the collar , and whispering earnestly in his ear -- ` Bring hair ladysheep up by the backstairs -- mind , the _ back _ stairs . ' And the next moment Madame entered my room , with long tiptoe steps , and looking , Mary Quince said , as if she were going to be hanged .