about eleven o'clock
The mere thought of such a catastrophe horrified him . In the morning he bathed his eyes again , as Doctor Borden had directed . He had been excused from his classroom , and so sat around where he could readily be called to the telephone if any message came in for him . It was not until about eleven o'clock that his sister rang him up . `` The doctor left a few minutes ago , '' said Martha over the wire . `` He was with Ruth about half an hour , and gave her quite a treatment . He was very much encouraged , and said he thought she would come around again all right in a few days , but that she must be careful for several weeks about how she strained her eyes or went out in the wind . ''