eleven o'clock
There 's work to be done . '' He did some of it himself after the children had gone , and finished up the afternoon with a little shopping , in the course of which he twice changed his grocer and was threatened with an action for slander by his fishmonger . He returned home with his clothes bulging , although a couple of eggs in the left-hand coat-pocket had done their best to accommodate themselves to his figure . He went to bed at eleven o'clock , and at a quarter past , clad all too lightly for the job , sped rapidly downstairs to admit his wife . `` Some ` usbands would ` ave let you sleep on the doorstep all night , '' he said , crisply . `` I know they would , '' returned his wife , cheerfully . `` That 's why I married you .