eleven o'clock
`` He went out directly after dinner , as soon as he had taken coffee . '' `` Oh , '' said the countess-dowager . And she began to make the tea with vehemence -- for it did not please her to have it brought in made -- and knocked down and broke one of the delicate china cups . It was eleven o'clock when Lord Hartledon entered . Lady Kirton was fanning herself vehemently . Maude had gone upstairs for the night . `` Where have you been ? ''