eleven o’clock
The evening wore on and the light was long ; but even when it had darkened he remained without a lamp . He had flung himself on the sofa , where he lay through the hours with his eyes either closed or gazing at the gloom , in the attitude of a man teaching himself to bear something , to bear having been made a fool of . He had made it too easy -- that idea passed over him like a hot wave . Suddenly , as he heard eleven o'clock strike , he jumped up , remembering what General Fancourt had said about his coming after dinner . He 'd go -- he 'd see her at least ; perhaps he should see what it meant . He felt as if some of the elements of a hard sum had been given him and the others were wanting : he could n't do his sum till he had got all his figures . He dressed and drove quickly , so that by half-past eleven he was at Manchester Square .