ten
o'clock
It was half-past nine , and she wished they would go . So she went into her bedroom and waited . The maids had come home , and she heard them talking to the groom in the kitchen . At ten o'clock the bell was rung , and my Lord 's horse ordered . Soon he went , and not long afterwards the Major and the Doctor followed . Then she saw Miss Thornton go to her room , and her father walk slowly to his ; and all was still throughout the house . She took her hat and shawl and slipped down stairs shoeless into her father 's study .