eleven o'clock
I often dined with them , and frequently , when I returned home at night , I thought that I would do as he had done , and get married , as I now found my empty house very dull . `` They seemed very much in love with one another , and were never apart . `` Well , one evening Julien wrote and asked me to go to dinner , and I naturally went . '' ` My dear fellow , ' he said , ` I must go out directly afterwards on business , and I shall not be back until eleven o'clock , but I shall be at eleven precisely , and I reckon you to keep Bertha company . ' `` The young woman smiled . '' ` It was my idea , ' she said , ` to send for you . ' `` I held out my hand to her . ''