night about ten o'clock
The sisters looked from one to another and gave up to gleeful smiles , but Ruth was , if anything , a bit firmer than before . `` Next day he brought her some flowers , and she began to get better . Then he took her out to ride . One night about ten o'clock the nurse comes into the room sudden like , and finds him on his knees before the widow , kissing her dress an ' talking all kinds o ' nonsense . '' `` Here ! stop a minute , '' said the sister Lize , who had now dropped her knitting and begun to fan herself . `` You take my breath away . ''