eleven at night
`` Ah , ha ! young sir , in adopting Betty for a sister you find you have adopted a quartermaster-general , eh ? '' said the Major ; `` but she is quite right . We should not get to town before ten or eleven at night , and what good would that do ? No , no , let us sup and have a good night 's rest , and we will drive into town long enough before fine ladies are astir in the morning , whatever may be the fashionable hour nowadays . '' `` Yes , nephew , you must content yourself with acting host to your father and sister-in-law in your own house , '' said his uncle . `` It seems to me more like yours , sir , '' rejoined the youth ; but at the hall door , with all his native grace , he turned and gave his welcome , kissing Betty on the cheek with the grave ceremony of the host , and lamenting , poor fellow , that he stood alone without his bride to receive them .