eleven o'clock in the morning
She would be so much the stronger , she thought , to resist any -- any strain -- if she could be quite certain how much Elfrida cared -- cared about her personally . Besides , the indictment that she , Janet , had against her seemed to make the girl 's affection absolutely indispensable . And now Elfrida had apparently left London without a word . She had dined in Kensington Square the night before , and this was eleven o'clock in the morning . It looked very much as if she had deliberately intended to leave them in the dark as to her movements . People did n't go out of town indefinitely `` for the present , '' on an hour 's notice . The thought brought sudden tears to Janet 's eyes , which she winked back angrily .