nine o'clock
In our homes why should we quarter them ? '' All the way home he was asking himself the question ; and , when he found Dominie Van Linden talking to Lysbet , he gladly discussed it over again with him . Lysbet sat beside them , knitting and listening . Until after nine o'clock Joris did not notice the absence of his daughter . `` She went to Joanna 's , '' said Lysbet calmly . No fear had yet entered her heart . Perhaps she had a vague suspicion that Katherine might also go to Mrs. Gordon 's , and she was inclined to avoid any notice of the lateness of the hour .