eleven o'clock
He was perfectly open and free from disguise . He stopped at the Hastings House , an elegant and quiet hotel , avoided the clubs , and devoted himself altogether to business . At this house Gualtier stopped also , but could find out nothing about Lord Chetwynde 's business . He could only learn this much , that Lord Chetwynde went every day , at eleven o'clock , to the office of his solicitors , Messrs. Pendergrast Brothers , with whom he was closeted for an hour or more . Evidently there was some very important business between them ; but what that business was , or to whom it might have reference , was a perfect mystery to Gualtier . This was about the sum and substance of the information which his letters conveyed to the anxious Hilda . For her part , every thing which Gualtier mentioned about Lord Chetwynde was read by her with eager curiosity .