about ten in the evening
God knows . Before she left I asked her to embroider a purse for me . I still have that sad relic , it hangs in my room , a monument of the ruin that is wrought here below . But here is another case : It was about ten in the evening when , after a riotous day , we repaired to Desgenais 's , who had left us some hours before to make his preparations . The orchestra was ready and the room filled when we arrived . Most of the dancers were girls from the theatres . As soon as we entered I plunged into the giddy whirl of the waltz .