eleven o'clock
But it did not . He deceived himself by assuming -LRB- sic -RRB- hat the desire which he felt to drink with his friends arose from his love of sociality , not of wine . The evening was lonely and long to Mrs. Marshall , and there was a shadow over her feelings that she endeavoured in vain to dispel . Her husband 's knock , which came between ten and eleven o'clock , and for which she had been listening anxiously for at least an hour , made her heart bound and tremble , producing a feeling of weakness and oppression . As she opened the door for him , it was with a vague fear . This was instantly dispelled by his first affectionate word uttered in steady tones . He was still himself !