about ten o'clock
`` If Bert cares for him , '' she remarked , `` I suppose it 's largely by contrast -- he 's so spare and light-colored himself . '' It was evident that , on this first meeting , Lemoyne meant to ingratiate himself -- to make himself attractive and entertaining . He had determined to say a thing or two before he went away , and it would be advantageous to consolidate his position . He had had five or six hours of cross-country travel , with some tedious waits at junctions , and at about ten o'clock , after some showy converse , he acknowledged himself tired enough for bed . Cope saw him up , and did not come down again . The two talked till past eleven ; and even much later , when light sleepers in other parts of the house were awake for a few minutes , muffled sounds from the same two voices reached their ears . But Cope 's words , many as they were , told Lemoyne nothing that he did not know , little that he had not divined .