eleven o'clock
`` But you 're a dear , anyhow ! '' And it was actually a sob that the astounded Cordelia heard as Tilly turned and fled from the room . * * * * * To Sunbridge eyes , `` church '' that morning was something very new and novel . At eleven o'clock Genevieve and her father piloted their guests to the back gallery where seats had been reserved for them . The minister , a dark-haired , tired-looking man with kind eyes , had arrived some time before on horseback . To Mrs. Kennedy , especially , he looked a little too unconventional in his heavy boots and coarse garments which , though plainly recently brushed , still showed the dust of the prairie in spots . He sat now at one side talking with Mr. Tim while his `` congregation '' was gathering .