eleven o'clock
This ball will be a great education for Lily , -- a _ great _ education . I 'm going to commence a letter to Sue about her costume , and all that , and leave it open to finish up when Lily gets home . '' When she went to bed , she did not sleep till after the time when the girl ought to have come ; and when she awoke to a late breakfast , Lily had still not returned . By eleven o'clock she and Elmore had passed the stage of accusing themselves , and then of accusing each other , for allowing Lily to go in the way they had ; and had come to the question of what they had better do , and whether it was practicable to send to the Spanish consulate and ask what had become of her . They had resigned themselves to waiting for one half-hour longer , when they heard her voice at the water-gate , gayly forbidding Hoskins to come up ; and running out upon the balcony , Mrs. Elmore had a glimpse of the courtier , very tawdry by daylight , re-entering his gondola , and had only time to turn about when Lily burst laughing into the room . `` Oh , do n't look at me , Professor Elmore ! '' she cried .