about ten o’clock
Now that Jasper 's love might be endangered , it behoved her to use any arts which nature prompted . And so , for once , he was not wholly satisfied with her , and at their parting he wondered what subtle change had affected her manner to him . ` Why did n't Marian come to speak a word ? ' said Dora , when her brother entered the girls ' sitting-room about ten o'clock . ` You knew she was with me , then ? ' ` We heard her voice as she was going away . ' ` She brought me some enspiriting news , and thought it better I should have the reporting of it to you . '