ten o'clock at night
A shadow was ever on the brow of his father , and this threw a gloom over the entire household . But , abroad , among his companions , he found a hundred things to interest him . All license tends toward further extremes . It was not long before Andrew found ten o'clock at night too early for him . The theatre was a place positively interdicted by his parents ; and , restrained by some lingering respect for his mother 's feelings , Andrew had , up to the age of seventeen , resisted the strong desire he felt to see a play . At last , however , he yielded to temptation , and went to the theatre . On returning home about eleven o'clock , he found his father sitting up for him .