eleven o’clock
It was the merest accident first led him to this part of the country , where , besides , we are all too poor to be rebels . It 's only down in Meath , where the people are well off , and rents are not too high , that people can afford to be Fenians . ' While he was enunciating this fact to Curtis , they were walking up and down the breakfast-room , waiting for the appearance of the ladies to make tea . ` I declare it 's nigh eleven o'clock , ' said Curtis , ` and I meant to have been over two baronies before this hour . ' ` Do n't distress yourself , captain . The man was never within fifty miles of where we are . And why would he ?