about eleven o'clock
The next morning , directly after an early breakfast , they set off for the Suburb Regla , calling on their way at the office of the consul , to discharge that gentleman from the duty of accompanying them ; a measure now rendered unnecessary by the presence of Mr. Brudenell , and the fact of the latter being an intimate friend of Don Filipo , and therefore quite competent to indorse these strangers . Mr. Tourneysee was excessively busy , and was very glad to be released from his promise to attend his friends . He gave them , however , his best wishes for their success , bid them adieu , and suffered them to depart . It was about eleven o'clock in the forenoon when they reached the residence of Don Filipo . It was an imposing edifice , built of white granite , and standing within its own spacious grounds . A broad avenue , paved with granite , and shaded with tropical trees , led up to the front of the house . Arrived here , Mr. Brudenell alighted from his carriage , rang the doorbell , and sent in the cards of his party with his own .