eleven o'clock
Mrs. Canning merely looked into her husband 's face , but made no answer . More earnestly than ever the ladies now appeared to enter upon the various themes for conversation that presented themselves , all of which were very frivolous to the mind of Canning , who was exceedingly chafed by his wife 's indifference to his suggestion about going home . He determined , however , to say no more if she sat all night . Toward eleven o'clock she made a movement to depart , and after lingering in the parlor before she went up stairs to put on her things , and in the chamber after her things were on , and on the stairs , in the passage , and at the door , she finally took the arm of her husband and started for home . Not a word was uttered by either until they had walked the distance of two squares , when Margaret , unable to keep back what she wanted to say any longer , spoke thus , -- `` James , I will thank you , another time , when we are spending an evening out , not to suggest as publicly as you did to-night that it is time to go home . It 's very bad manners , let me tell you , in the first place ; and in the second place , I do n't like it at all . I do not wish people to think that I have to come and go just at your beck or nod .