about eleven o'clock
The following day dawned bright and clear , with a suspicion of frost in the air . It was , as Tom expressed it , a perfect day . Susy went to church with her mother in the morning , the dinner being all prepared and left to cook itself in the oven . Tom started at about eleven o'clock on his walk to the tiny village where Mrs. Church lived . As soon as Susy returned from her place of worship she helped her mother to get the little parlor ready . She put some autumn leaves in a jug on the center of the table . Her mother brought out the best china , which had not been used since her husband 's death .