About eleven o’clock
Yes , Gilbert must go to India , it will cure him , or if it should not , his affection will be respectable , and worth consideration . If he were but older , and this were the genuine article , I would fight for him , but -- ' And she sat down to write a loving note to Genevieve . Her sanguine disposition made her trust that all would blow over , but her experience of the cheerful buoyant Ferrars temperament was no guide to the morbid Kendal disposition , Gilbert lay on the grass limp and doleful till the fall of the dew , when he betook himself to a sofa ; and in the morning turned up his eyes reproachfully at her instead of eating his breakfast . About eleven o'clock the Fairmead pony-carriage stopped at the door , containing Mr. Ferrars , the Captain , Aunt Gertrude , and little Willie . Albinia , her husband , and Lucy , were soon in the drawing-room welcoming them ; and Lucy fetched her little brother , who had been vociferous for three days about Cousin Fred , the real soldier , but now , struck with awe at the mighty personage , stood by his mamma , profoundly silent , and staring . He was ungracious to his aunt , and still more so to Willie , the latter of whom was despatched under Lucy 's charge to find Gilbert , but they came back unsuccessful . Nor did Sophy make her appearance ; she was reported to be reading to grandmamma -- Mrs. Meadows preferred to Miss Ferrars !