about half past eleven
If it did he would soon cease from minding what Lady Sellingworth had done . A certain recklessness possessed him . He dined with a friend at the club and stayed there rather late . When he was leaving about half past eleven Braybrooke dropped in after a party , and he told Braybrooke of Lady Sellingworth 's departure for the Continent . The world 's governess showed even more surprise than Miss Van Tuyn had shown . He had had no idea that Adela Sellingworth was going abroad . She must have decided on it very abruptly .