ten o'clock
Perhaps it would be better for both of us to be silent about to-night 's occurrence . '' `` Why ? Where have you been , Gerald ? You went to bed before ten o'clock , and '' -- a thought struck her -- `` how came the door to be unbolted ? '' `` Now , Ruth , '' he said coaxingly , `` I know you are a good-natured little thing , and I do n't believe you would do me a bad turn . You know the governor is always down upon me , wo n't let me have a latch-key , and says I must be in by half-past ten . A fellow ca n't live without a little pleasure , and if the governor wo n't let me have it I must take it .