about eleven o'clock at night
Nevertheless , she agreed with him so far that she sent off a telegram to Percival that afternoon . `` Come to me at once , if possible . I want you . '' When Percival received the message , which he did on his return from his club about eleven o'clock at night , he eyed the thin , pink paper on which it was written as if it had been a reptile of some poisonous kind . `` I expected it , '' he said to himself , and all the gaiety went out of his face . `` She has found something out . '' It was too late to do anything that night .