eleven o'clock
Tollemache she received coldly ; he had defended Robert Penfold feebly , and she hated him for it . Hennessy she received graciously , and , remembering Robert 's precept to be supple as a woman , bewitched him . He was good-natured , able and vain . By eleven o'clock she had enlisted him in her service . When she had conquered him , she said , slyly , `` But I ought not to speak of these things to you except through a solicitor . '' `` That is the general rule , '' said the learned counsel ; `` but in this case no dark body must come between me and the sun . '' In short he entered into Penfold 's case with such well-feigned warmth , to please the beauteous girl , that at last she took him by the horns and consulted .