About eleven o'clock
He took his pen , dipped it into the ink , and wrote on a sheet of paper , `` Plato likes things clean , and Virgil likes things orderly , '' and then pinned the paper on the opposite wall . For the rest of the evening the astonished household were much beguiled and overcome by the most heavenly strains from Mr. Dale 's violin . He played it in the study until quite late at night ; but none of the household went to bed , so divine , so restoring , so comforting was that music . About eleven o'clock Patty and Briar found themselves alone . `` Well , '' said Patty suddenly , `` I have made up my mind . '' `` Yes , '' said Briar , `` I thought you had . '' `` When Aunt Sophy comes back I am going to tell her everything . ''