eleven o’clock
The count 's steward gave her a perfect character , and she was engaged . As soon as she had fetched her trunk , she set to work and cleaned and scrubbed until it was time to cook the dinner . Daubrecq dined and went out . At eleven o'clock , after the portress had gone to bed , the cook cautiously opened the garden-gate . A man came up . `` Is that you ? '' she asked .