eleven o'clock
With my uncle 's land marched the well-timbered acres of Hillingdon , where the Tanyons lived , and they had very kindly invited us to luncheon , so that we should not descend untimely upon a simmering household . In their keeping we proposed to leave Nobby and the car . The house was only five minutes ' walk from the church and as many again from Madrigal 's home , so that once we had reached the village we should need no conveyance until the time came for us to return to Town . For a wonder we were all on time , and it was barely eleven o'clock when Jonah let in the clutch and the Rolls began to move . Daphne sat in front , and Jill between Berry and me on the back seat . The girls wore dust-cloaks to save their finery , and two large bandboxes concealed their respective hats . Berry , Jonah and I wore light overcoats above our morning-dress , and three tall hats , ironed to perfection , each in his stiff white hat-box , jostled one another on the mat at our feet .