eleven o'clock
`` But if we wait till he does commit one , it will be like locking the stable door after the horse has been stolen . '' `` You might go over to the Burtons ' , Roy , and get Will to come and stay with us , '' Eva suggested . `` And rouse them up at this hour of the night ? It 's getting on to be eleven o'clock . And it would be a pretty reason to give , would n't it : ` If you please , Mr. Burton , we invited a convict to spend the night with us , and now we 're afraid . ' '' Eva could n't resist smiling at Roy 's way of putting it . Rex yawned heavily .