eleven in the morning
Lord Chiltern , on his arrival , had gone immediately to his father , taking the Earl very much by surprise , and had come off best in the encounter . `` My lord , '' said he , walking up to his father with his hand out , `` I am very glad to come back to Saulsby . '' He had written to his sister to say that he would be at Saulsby on that day , but had named no hour . He now appeared between ten and eleven in the morning , and his father had as yet made no preparation for him , -- had arranged no appropriate words . He had walked in at the front door , and had asked for the Earl . The Earl was in his own morning-room , -- a gloomy room , full of dark books and darker furniture , and thither Lord Chiltern had at once gone . The two women still were sitting together over the fire in the breakfast-room , and knew nothing of his arrival .