eleven o'clock
Come to think of it , she 's been as dull as a ditch since you went away '' `` Really ? '' `` Fact ! I was trying the other night to prove to her that she 'd got influenza coming on , or hay-fever , or something of the kind . She 's as different as chalk from cheese since eleven o'clock to-day . It 's you , I 'll bet you a sovereign . '' Charles did not respond to the offer . He sat smoking quietly and let his thoughts run along brighter paths than they had done for days .