eleven
o'clock
He made haste back to bed himself . It had been their intention to go down to the home before breakfast and put the cats they had attracted to it into hutches . But they slept on till breakfast was ready ; and the fragrance of the coffee and bacon lured them straight into the dining-room . After all , as Erebus told the hesitating Terror , there was plenty of time to deal with the new cats , for Aunt Amelia could not reach Little Deeping before eleven o'clock . They could not escape from the home . The Twins therefore devoted their most careful attention to their breakfast with their minds quite at ease . Then there came a ring at the front door ; and still their minds were at ease , for they took it that it was a note or a message from a neighbor .