ten o'clock
Barbara , I am utterly bewildered . I sent you away a simple child , and you return to me -- what ? '' Well , we had about an hour 's fight over it , and we ended in a compromise . I gave up the flask , and promised not to smoke and so forth , and I was to have some new dresses and a silk sweater , and to be allowed to stay up until ten o'clock , and to have a desk in my room for my work . `` Work ! '' mother said . `` Career !