eleven o'clock
And then she must go also because of Major Grantly . Whether he was minded to come and speak to her that one other needed word , or whether he was not so minded , it would be better that she should be away from Silverbridge . If he spoke it she could only answer him by a negative ; and if he were minded not to speak it , would it not be better that she should leave herself the power of thinking that his silence had been caused by her absence , and not by his coldness or indifference ? She asked , therefore , for an interview with Miss Prettyman , and was shown into the elder sister 's room , at eleven o'clock on the Tuesday morning . The elder Miss Prettyman never came into the school herself till twelve , but was in the habit of having interviews with the young ladies , -- which were sometimes very awful in their nature , -- for the two previous hours . During these interviews an immense amount of business was done , and the fortunes in life of some girls were said to have been there made or marred ; as when , for instance , Miss Crimpton had been advised to stay at home with her uncle in England , instead of going out with her sisters to India , both of which sisters were married within three months of their landing at Bombay . The way in which she gave her counsel on such occasions was very efficacious .