nearly eleven o'clock
`` Now be calm , and try to look as though nothing had happened . '' She covered her face with a thick veil , and we entered the horse car . Riding in silence for a long hour , we reached the Park , where , taking a stage , we proceeded to the hotel . It was nearly eleven o'clock when we went into the parlor , where Kate sank exhausted upon a sofa . I found that Mrs. Macombe had retired , but I called her up . The poor girl 's nerves were fearfully unstrung , but the good woman ministered to her like an angel . She slept with her , and was all that a loving mother could be to her .