About eleven o'clock
The abominable weather of snows and tempests from which we had suffered for weeks had undergone a change . It was a mild morning brightened by a pale convalescent sort of sun , and there was just a little hope of spring in the air . I felt content with everything and everybody . About eleven o'clock the buzz of the library telephone disturbed my comfortable perusal of the newspaper . I wheeled towards the instrument . Sir Anthony was speaking . `` Can you come round at once ?