ten o’clock
They were fussy , that was all . But the only thing they would not stand was back answers . Of course they had good reason to be fussy on such a night . And then it was long after ten o'clock and yet there was no sign of Gabriel and his wife . Besides they were dreadfully afraid that Freddy Malins might turn up screwed . They would not wish for worlds that any of Mary Jane 's pupils should see him under the influence ; and when he was like that it was sometimes very hard to manage him . Freddy Malins always came late but they wondered what could be keeping Gabriel : and that was what brought them every two minutes to the banisters to ask Lily had Gabriel or Freddy come .