eleven o'clock
I 'd ask Dalrymple , only I should spoil the mystery . '' Then he sat himself down , and began to think of Lily . There could be no treason to Lily in his amusing himself with the freaks of such a woman as Miss Demolines . At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 1st of March , -- the day following that on which Miss Demolines had written her note , -- the easel was put up and the canvas was placed on it in Mrs. Broughton 's room . Mrs. Broughton and Clara were both there , and when they had seen the outlines as far as it had been drawn , they proceeded to make arrangements for their future operations . The period of work was to begin always at eleven , and was to be continued for an hour and a half or for two hours on the days on which they met . I fear that there was a little improper scheming in this against the two persons whom the ladies were bound to obey .