eleven o'clock at night
` And what happened then ? ' ` Well , that 's the worst of it . I do n't mean to say it was all Olive 's fault ; I think she must have lost her head a little , for she sent Barnes over that evening to the Lawlers ' with a note , telling Captain Hibbert that he must come at once and explain . It was eleven o'clock at night , and they had a long talk through the window . ' Mrs. Barton did not speak for some moments . The peat-fire was falling into masses of white ash , and she thought vaguely of putting on some more turf ; then her attention was caught by the withering ferns in the flower-glasses , then by the soaking pasture-lands , then by the spiky branches of the chestnut-trees swinging against the grey , dead sky . ` But tell me , Alice , ' she said at last , ` for of course it is important that I should know -- do you think that Olive is really in love with Captain Hibbert ? '