eleven o'clock
`` Ward , get in or get out , '' she added , maternally , `` do n't hang over the door in that blood-curdling way ! '' She had put her arm about the boy to steady him ; they began to discuss tennis scores with enthusiasm . Richard drove the rest of the way home almost without speaking . He planned to see Harriet again that evening , and left the club at eleven o'clock , after an incredibly dull game , with the definite hope that the youngsters would dance , or in some other way prolong the summer evening at least until midnight . His heart sank when he reached Crownlands ; the lower floor showed only the tempered lights that burned until the latest member of the family came in , and Bottomley reported that the young persons had gone upstairs at about half-past ten , sir . It was now half-past eleven . Richard debated sending Harriet a message to the effect that he would like to see her for a moment .