ten o'clock
To pay the debts which Bruce had left would take all Roger had on hand ; and from this time on his expenses , with five growing children here , would be a fast increasing drain . He would have to be careful and husband his strength , a thing he had always hated to do . In the next few weeks , he worked hard in his office . He cut down his smoking , stayed home every evening and went to bed at ten o'clock . He tried to shut Deborah out of his mind . As for Laura , he barely gave her a thought . She dropped in one evening to bid him good-bye , for this summer again she was going abroad .