nearly ten o'clock
What was she to do ? `` Grandpapa , '' she said , decisively , `` it is too late for business to-night . However urgent it may be , you ca n't do anything to-night . Why , it is nearly ten o'clock , and most people are going to bed . See Mr. -- , I mean this gentleman -- to-morrow morning the first thing ; for you know , however anxious you may be , you ca n't do anything to-night . '' `` That is true enough , '' he said , looking with staring eyes from her to his visitor , `` and more 's the pity . What had to be done should ha ' been done to-day .