eleven o'clock
`` Dear Ulgenie , I acknowledge your superior judgment ; but to-day I really must attend the auction at Rorby , there is to be a sale of some genuine Spanish sheep . '' `` Ah ! as that is really some business , you may go ; but come home early . '' `` I hope to return before eleven o'clock . '' Mrs. Ulrica presented him her hand to kiss , and after he had pressed it to his lips with all the gallantry which was still left him , he quickly turned away from her . Mrs. Ulrica during the entire day was filled with wonder at the sudden change that had taken place in her husband , and if she could have for a moment entertained such a thought , she would have believed that her husband had become acquainted with some intriguing female . But among her female acquaintances in the neighborhood , there was not one whom Fabian had not seen at least twenty times , and he had undergone each new ordeal with a firmness which proved that he was out of all danger .