eleven o'clock
Then there is the musical dodge on the drawing-room scale , or by wholesale , like the Seidl Society , for example . One is able by this means to promote a beautiful art and increase one 's social conspicuousness at the same time . Then there is the distinguished-foreigner dodge , give a reception in honor of -- '' `` Hang it , Philip ; I 'll tell Mrs. Hilbrough to send for you , '' said Millard , laughing as he got up and threw his cigarette into the grate . `` I do n't like to interrupt your lecture , but it 's eleven o'clock , and I 'm going home . Good-night . '' Philip sat there alone and listened to the rain against the windows , and smoked until his cigar went out . The mere turning of things over in his mind , and tacking witty labels to them , afforded so much amusement that inactivity and revery were his favorite indulgences .