ten o’clock
Kate saw nothing of all this ; she was only eager and envious for some change and variety in these long dull days . It was Lord de la Poer and his daughter Adelaide , who the next moment were in the room ; and she remembered instantly that she had heard that this was to be Adelaide 's birthday , and wished her many happy returns in all due form , her heart beating the while with increasing hope that the visit concerned herself . And did it not ? Her head swam round with delight and suspense , and she could hardly gather up the sense of the words in which Lord de la Poer was telling Lady Barbara that Adelaide 's birthday was to be spent at the Crystal Palace at Sydenham ; that the other girls were gone to the station with their mother , and that he had come round with Adelaide to carry off Kate , and meet the rest at ten o'clock . Lady de la Poer would have written , but it had only boon settled that morning on finding that he could spare the day . Kate squeezed Adelaide 's hand in an agony . Oh !