eleven o'clock
Useless to stay longer . As soon as the Widdowsons had departed he went up to Rhoda and silently offered his hand . She scarcely looked at him , and did not in the least return his pressure . Rhoda dined at Mrs. Cosgrove 's , and was home again at eleven o'clock . When the house was locked up , and the servants had gone to bed , she sat in the library , turning over a book that she had brought from her friend 's house . It was a volume of essays , one of which dealt with the relations between the sexes in a very modern spirit , treating the subject as a perfectly open one , and arriving at unorthodox conclusions . Mrs. Cosgrove had spoken of this dissertation with lively interest .