ten o'clock at night
`` Because that 's game . Game and the rubber . We only want two by cards , and there they are ! '' When rubbers end at past ten o'clock at night , well-bred people wait for their host to suggest beginning another . Ill-bred ones , that do n't want one , say suddenly that it must be getting late -- as if Time had slapped them -- and get at their watches . Those that do , say that that clock is fast . In the present case no disposition existed , after a good deal of travelling , to play cards till midnight .