ten
o'clock at night
He handed it . She read it through attentively . `` Mr. Melrose asks me to say that he will not be here . He is going over to the neighbourhood of Carlisle on business , and can not be home till ten o'clock at night . '' `` He has the decency not to ` regret , ' '' said Lady Tatham . `` No . It is awkward of course going at all '' -- Tatham 's brow was a little furrowed -- `` but I somehow think I ought to go . ''