ten o'clock
Evening after evening they walked and walked and walked , usually in company -- at perhaps the distance of half a block -- with Albert Paxton and Sadie Clews , though Ramsey now and then felt disgraced by having fallen into this class ; for sometimes it was apparent that Albert casually had his arm about Sadie 's waist . This allured Ramsey somewhat , but terrified him more . He did n't know how such matters were managed . Usually the quartet had no destination ; they just went `` out walking '' until ten o'clock , when both girls had to be home -- and the boys did , too , but never admitted it . On Friday evenings there was a `` public open-air concert '' by a brass band in a small park , and the four were always there . A political speechmaker occupied the bandstand one night , and they stood for an hour in the midst of the crowd , listening vaguely . The orator saddled his politics upon patriotism .