ten o'clock at night
She dressed more beautifully than any other women at Marlborough Gardens , but was quite unostentatious and informal . Nancy 's cheeks burned when she remembered something she had innocently said to Mrs. Fielding , in the early days of their acquaintance . The fare to the city was seventy cents , and Nancy commented with a sort of laughing protest upon the quickness with which her mileage books were exhausted , between the boys ' dentist appointments , shopping trips , the trips twice a month that helped to keep Agnes and Dora happy , and the occasional dinner and theatre party she herself had with Bert . `` Besides that , '' she smiled ruefully , `` There 's the cab fare to the station , that wretched Kilroy charges fifty cents each way , even for Anne , and double after ten o'clock at night , so that it almost pays Mr. Bradley and myself to stay in town ! '' `` I never go in the train , I do n't believe I 've ever made the trip that way , '' said Mrs. Fielding pleasantly . And immediately she added , `` Thorn has nothing to do , and it saves me any amount of fatigue , having him follow me about ! '' `` But what do you do with the car , if you stay in for the theatre ? ''