eleven o'clock
But when Theresa explored the open envelope he had given her for her brother , she found in it a cheque for £ 50 , and a letter which seemed to Maurice 's sister -- unselfish and tender as she was -- deplorably lacking in the scolding it ought to have contained . If only her father had ever shown the same affection for Stephen ! Meanwhile as Barron journeyed to Markborough , under the shadow of the great Cathedral , quite another voice than his was in possession of the episcopal ear . Precisely at eleven o'clock Richard Meynell appeared on the doorstep of the Palace , and was at once admitted to the Bishop 's study . As he entered the large book-lined room his name was announced in a tone which did not catch the Bishop 's attention , and Meynell , as he hesitatingly advanced , became the spectator of a scene not intended for his eyes . On the Bishop 's knee sat a little girl of seven or eight . She was crying bitterly , and the Bishop had his arms round her and was comforting her .