Eleven
o'clock
Again the shadow came over the gentleman 's brow , as he said , `` Do you indeed object so much to a home in the country ? '' Ella knew just what he wanted her to say ; so she answered , `` Oh , no , I can be happy anywhere with you , but do please let me spend just one winter in the city after -- '' Here she paused , while the bright blushes broke over her childish face . She could not say , even to him , `` after we are married , '' so he said it for her , drawing her closer to his side , and forgetting Dora Deane , as he painted the joyous future when Ella would be all his own . Eleven o'clock sounded from more than one high tower , and at each stroke poor Dora Deane moaned in anguish , thinking to herself , `` Last night at this time _ she _ was here . '' Eleven o'clock , said Ella Grey 's diamond set watch , and pushing back her wavy hair , the young man kissed her rosy cheek , and bade her a fond good-night . As he reached the door , she called him back , while she asked him the name of the little girl who had so excited his sympathy . `` I do not know , '' he answered .