half past ten
`` Well , you see it 's getting pretty late . You ca n't always tell where ` bouts a man is when he 's on the other side , and you ca n't always find him just the minute you want him , and you see it 's getting about six o'clock now , and over there it 's pretty late at night . '' `` Why yes , '' said Tracy , `` I had n't thought of that . '' `` Yes , pretty late , now , half past ten or eleven . Oh yes , you probably wo n't get any answer to-night . '' So Tracy went home to supper . The odors in that supper room seemed more strenuous and more horrible than ever before , and he was happy in the thought that he was so soon to be free from them again .