ten o'clock
`` Sh ! Here they come ! '' And the conversation terminated abruptly , with much laughter . Mrs. Burgoyne 's dinner-party dispersed shortly after ten o'clock , so much earlier than was the custom in Santa Paloma that none of the ordered motor-cars were in waiting . The guests walked home together , absorbed in an animated conversation ; for the gentlemen , who were delighted to be getting home early , delighted with a dinner that , as Wayne Adams remarked , `` really stood for something to eat , not just things passed to you , or put down in dabs before you , '' and delighted with the pleasant informality of sitting down in daylight , were enthusiastic in their praise of Mrs. Burgoyne . The ladies differed with them . `` She knows how to do things , '' said Parker Lloyd .