about midnight
Elizabeth did not even ask where she had been , nor take any notice of her change of room . One thing , however , Beatrice learnt . Her father was going on the Monday to Hereford by an early train to attend a meeting of clergymen collected to discuss the tithe question . He was to return by the last train on the Tuesday night , that is , about midnight . Beatrice now discovered that Elizabeth proposed to accompany him . Evidently she wished to see as little as possible of her sister during this week of truce -- possibly she was a little afraid of her . Even Elizabeth might have a conscience .