eleven o'clock
Their mind can get some affected without bein ' LOST , ca n't it ? '' `` Then you mean the poor man 's mind does seem affected ? '' `` Why , no ; I 'd scarcely go as far as that , '' Lohr said , inconsistently , and declined to be more definite . Adams devoted the latter part of that evening to the composition of his letter -- a disquieting task not completed when , at eleven o'clock , he heard his daughter coming up the stairs . She was singing to herself in a low , sweet voice , and Adams paused to listen incredulously , with his pen lifted and his mouth open , as if he heard the strangest sound in the world . Then he set down the pen upon a blotter , went to his door , and opened it , looking out at her as she came . `` Well , dearie , you seem to be feeling pretty good , '' he said .