ten o’clock
She sat alone in the drawing-room . What could she do to make the time pass more quickly ? The maid had gone to bed ; the grandfather 's clock ticked and ticked . But it was only ten o'clock when she put away her crochet work . She fidgeted , moved the furniture about and felt a little unstrung . So that was what being married meant ! One was torn from one 's early surroundings , and shut up in three solitary rooms to wait until one 's husband came home , half intoxicated .