ten o’clock at night
`` It 's a plot , a wretched trick of yours , this quarantine , to keep me here . '' Jim gasped , but I gave him a warning glance , and he swallowed hard . `` On the contrary , '' he said , with maddening quiet , `` I would be the last person in the world to wish to perpetuate an indiscretion of yours . For it was hardly discreet , was it , to visit a bachelor establishment alone at ten o'clock at night ? As far as my plotting to keep you here is concerned , I assure you that nothing could be further from my mind . Our paths were to be two parallel lines that never touch . '' He looked at me for approval , and Bella was choking .