eleven o'clock
The sun was sinking behind the dim smoky hills toward the West when she rose . `` We must be going ! '' `` I had no idea it was so late , '' he apologized . It was not until he reached his room at eleven o'clock after three hours more of her in the reception room that he faced the issue squarely . He stood before the mirror and studied his flushed face . A look of deep seriousness had crept into his jolly blue eyes . `` You 're a goner , this time , young man ! ''