eleven o’clock
Take some tea-cakes up with you , and talk about going back to the Square as if she 'd proposed it herself . We must n't be hard with her just because she ca n't change , poor old soul . ' Socialistic business took him away during the evening . When he returned at eleven o'clock , ` Arry had not yet come in . Shortly before one there were sounds of ineffectual effort at the front-door latch . Mutimer , who happened to be crossing the hall , heard them , and went to open the door . The result was that his brother fell forward at full length upon the mat .