eleven o'clock
I think I owe her something , and I would pay my debt if I knew how . I shall go and see her , and if she will marry this other man we 'll take her by the hand . Good-bye , dear . You 'd better come to me early to-morrow , as I suppose we shall know something by eleven o'clock . '' In the course of that evening the Duke of St. Bungay came to Carlton Terrace and was closeted for some time with the late Prime Minister . He had been engaged during that and the last two previous days in lending his aid to various political manoeuvres and ministerial attempts , from which our Duke had kept himself altogether aloof . He did not go to Windsor , but as each successive competitor journeyed thither and returned , some one either sent for the old Duke or went to seek his counsel .