eleven
o'clock
And old Jacob saying if he could clamber up at ninety-four , we could at fourteen . Then we pulled the bells . After that he would let us ring the curfew . '' Just at that moment the last jerk cut off the last thrill of the chimes at Chorlton , and the big bell started thoughtfully to say it was eleven o'clock . Old Maisie seemed suddenly disquieted . `` Phoebe darling ! '' she said .