eleven o'clock
I may be led to answer you in a way which we shall both regret . '' His mother parted her lips to begin some other vehement truth , but on looking at him she saw that in his face which led her to leave the words unsaid . Yeobright walked once or twice across the room , and then suddenly went out of the house . It was eleven o'clock when he came in , though he had not been further than the precincts of the garden . His mother was gone to bed . A light was left burning on the table , and supper was spread . Without stopping for any food he secured the doors and went upstairs .