About ten o'clock
`` I think it could be did , '' she ended , looking at her husband . `` Mebbe , '' said Mr. Grandoken thoughtfully . `` I 'll do it , '' snapped Peg , `` but I hate ` er , an ' you can bang me if that ai n't a fact , but -- but I 'll go , I said . '' About ten o'clock Peggy dressed and went out . Theodore King was in his office , trying to keep his mind on a line of figures . Of late work palled on him . He sighed and leaned back thoughtfully , striking and touching a match to his cigar .