eleven in the morning
They had not been able to prevent the explosion after all . At the National Gallery It was with considerable difficulty and self-restraint that Cecil succeeded in waiting till the next day to see Mrs Raymond after his uncle 's party . He was of an age and of a temperament that made his love affairs seem to him supremely urgent and of more importance than anything else in his life . He called on Mrs Raymond at eleven in the morning on the pretext of having something important to tell her . He found her sitting at her writing-table in a kind of red kimono . Her hair was brushed straight off her forehead , her eyes were sly and bright , and she looked more Japanese than ever . Cecil told her what Hyacinth had said to him .