half past eleven
`` It was small and it was early . '' `` Pooh ! '' cried Dolly . `` We came home at half past eleven . I do n't call that early ! '' `` Early for a city party , '' insisted Alicia , `` but it was an elaborate affair , after all , and what do you s ` pose , Uncle Jeff ? We had invitations to a lot of things , next week and the week after , too . ''