eleven
o'clock
Why , I 'll be on the rack till we meet again . I fancy a conscientious woman is about the cruellest creature that walks ! However , I 'll stick to my promise : I will not intrude on you till the day after to-morrow . Then I will come at eleven o'clock for your answer ; and , Katherine , my love , my life , it must be ` yes . ' '' He took and kissed her hand more than once , then he went swiftly away . The hours which succeeded were painfully agitated . Katherine felt that De Burgh had every right to consider himself virtually accepted .