eleven o'clock
She was not easily surprised , but she was greatly impressed , and when he finally rose from his chair and went out into the night Nan sat in meditation for some time before she followed him . Ingua had long been asleep . Josie , lurking outside , had not expected Old Swallowtail to leave the premises unless he planned to run away . His delivery of counterfeit money to Ned Joselyn had been of too recent a date to render it necessary that he revisit his stone-yard for some time to come , she argued ; yet to-night , at a little after eleven o'clock , she saw his shadow pass from the house and take the path to the bridge . Josie followed . At the bridge Mr. Cragg turned westward and at once she surmised he was bound for his rocky five acres . The old man walked deliberately , never thinking to look behind him .