ten o'clock at night
Oh , and have you given notice , darling ? ' ` Yes , I have . ' Both clapped their hands like children . It was an odd little scene on the London pavement at ten o'clock at night ; so intimately domestic amid surroundings the very antithesis of domesticity . Only a few yards away , a girl , to whom the pavement was a place of commerce , stood laughing with two men . The sound of her voice hinted to Monica the advisability of walking as they conversed , and they moved towards Walworth Road Station . ` We thought at first , ' said Virginia , ` that when Alice had gone you might like to share my room ; but then the distance from Great Portland Street would be a decided objection .