About ten o'clock
When Doris came hazily to herself she was in bed . `` Drink this , my dear , '' said her mother gently . It was a powerful sleeping draught , and soon the girl 's brain was under its subjection . * * * * * About ten o'clock Mrs. Lancaster , in her boudoir , rang up Bullard , first at his hotel , then at his office , whence she obtained a response . `` Can you come here at once ? '' she asked him . `` Impossible !