eleven
o’clock
It really is a pity that Thormanby will not persuade the Archdeacon to marry Miss Battersby . Besides being sweet and lovable , as Lalage pointed out , she has a strong sense of duty which would be quite invaluable in the diocese . Very few people after an agitating morning would go straight off to settle flowers . I looked at my watch as I got into my trap and found that it was eleven o'clock , not more than two hours since my uncle 's letter had been handed to me at the breakfast table . Yet I felt thoroughly tired . No one who has only just recovered from influenza ought to be called upon to face a crisis . At the best of times a crisis of any magnitude is too much for me .