nearly eleven o’clock
That brought them to a discussion of plans in which Dion was talked of with warm affection and admiration by Rosamund ; and all the time she was talking , Canon Wilton saw the beautiful woman in the chair listening to the distant organ . He knew of a house that was to be let in the Precincts , but that night he did not mention it . Something prevented him from doing so -- something against which he struggled , but which he failed to overcome . When they separated it was nearly eleven o'clock . As Rosamund took her silver candlestick from the Canon at the foot of the shallow oak staircase she said : `` I 've had _ such _ a happy evening ! '' It was a very sweet compliment very sweetly paid . No man could have been quite indifferent to it .