eleven o'clock
`` The lettering is a most excellent specimen of early Lombardic . '' And then he gave the girl the titles of several works , which she got down from the shelves , and from which she read extracts after some careful search . The sulphur-casts sent with the matrices she placed carefully with her father 's collection , and during the remainder of the evening they were occupied in replying to several letters regarding estate matters . At eleven o'clock she kissed her father good-night and passed out to the hall , where the pianola was still going , and where the merriment was still in full swing . For a quarter of an hour she was compelled to remain with the insipid young ass Bertie Girdlestone , a man who patronised musical comedy nightly , and afterwards supped regularly at the `` Savoy '' ; then she escaped at last to her room . Exchanging her pretty gown of turquoise chiffon for an easy wrap , she took up a novel , and , switching on her green-shaded reading-lamp , sat down to enjoy a quiet hour before retiring . Quickly she became engrossed in the story , and though the stable-chimes sounded each half-hour she remained undisturbed by them .