ten o’clock
at night
`` Well , '' explained Corydon , `` they say the maid might think it was n't nice . '' She had expected him to fly into a rage , but he only smiled grimly . `` I had come to tell you the same sort of thing , '' he explained . `` It seems you ca n't visit me so often , and you 're never to stay after ten o'clock at night . '' `` Why is that ? '' she inquired . `` It 's a question of what the hall-boy might think , '' said he .