eleven o'clock before
`` Might as well let them have their fling , '' he said , after the others had departed . `` That 's the way we wanted it before we were married ; '' and he gave his wife a hug and a kiss . Of course the girls from Cedarville had a great deal to tell , and Tom and Sam had a great deal to relate in return . The two couples strolled on and on , and it was near eleven o'clock before they returned to the Outlook Hotel . `` And so you are going to be a real business man , are you , Tom ? '' said Nellie , during the course of the walk . `` I am going to try to be , Nellie , '' he answered .