eleven o'clock
`` I 'm goin ' to tell Polly , '' said Tom . `` Ay , tha mun be sent to Lancaster asylum , '' said Mrs. Pollard . -LSB- 1 -RSB- The above incident actually took place in a Lancashire city at the beginning of the War . Tom made his way to the Thorn and Thistle , but was informed that Polly would not be home until eleven o'clock . He therefore wandered about the town until that time , and again appeared at the public-house door . But it was not until twelve o'clock that Polly made her appearance . `` Anything the matter , Tom ? ''