eleven o'clock
Besides -- and she acknowledged it -- readily , though in a cold , dead way -- besides , Billy was better than most husbands . Better than any other husband she had heard of , she concluded , as she remembered many of his earlier nicenesses and finenesses , and especially his eternal chant : NOTHING IS TOO GOOD FOR US . THE ROBERTSES AI N'T ON THE CHEAP . At eleven o'clock she had a caller . It was Bud Strothers , Billy 's mate on strike duty . Billy , he told her , had refused bail , refused a lawyer , had asked to be tried by the Court , had pleaded guilty , and had received a sentence of sixty dollars or thirty days . Also , he had refused to let the boys pay his fine .