Eleven o'clock
He set them free , and they ran out , for his paradise was too big . Now , facing west , they tramped for two days on the Bath road , leaving the fog behind them , and drew near Reading . It was a clear night as they approached it , and the sky studded with stars that twinkled frostily . Eleven o'clock sounded from a tower ahead . On the outskirts of the town they were passing an ugly modern villa with a large garden before it , when an old gentleman came briskly up the road and turned in at the gate . Adam swung round on his heel and followed him up the path , begging . Eve hung by the gate .