eleven o'clock
He sat glowering and grim at the Important Meeting the next evening , when he should have been gratified that his presence was desired -- for Maley was n't there , nor Garland , nor Alverson . But in spite of the Honor , and the Significance , Nolan 's mind was wandering . He lost sight of the Truly Greats , and saw only a cloudy picture of Eveley , soft , sweet and dimply , sitting rapt by the side of the Darned Blue Eyes . And that night , at eleven o'clock , on his way to his modest room , he suddenly started . Coming demurely out of the Grant , he saw Eveley and the blue-eyed one , and laughing beside them , Kitty and some other equally reprehensible being . Nolan could hardly believe the evidence of his own eyes . He fumed openly while he allowed them a decent interval for reaching home , and then called Eveley by telephone .