eleven in the morning
`` At all events it ca n't be helped , '' said Mrs. Clowes , smiling at Lawrence with her kind trustful eyes , `` so do n't distress yourself . My sweet Isabel too , so tired ! '' she took Isabel 's cold hand . `` Never mind , Val wo n't let your father worry , and we shall be home by ten or eleven in the morning . It is only to go to an hotel for a few hours . Come , dear Lawrence , do n't look so subdued ! It was n't your fault , so you must n't trouble even if -- '' `` Even if what ? ''