ten o'clock
Then , evidently in response to Lily 's low inquiry of where she had gone and when she would be home , she said : `` She went to the post-office . She was expecting a letter from a gentleman in Edgham , I guess , and I should n't wonder if she stopped in at the Monroes ' and played cards . They 've been teasing her to . I should n't be surprised if she was n't home till ten o'clock . '' Maria heard her aunt with wonder which savored of horror , but she heard the door close and saw Lily flit back across the yard with a feeling of immeasurable relief . Then she heard her aunt 's voice at her door , opened a narrow crack . `` Are you warm enough in here ? ''