about ten o'clock
Describe the ball of which you speak . How did you happen to go to a ball at these Americans ? '' `` By the greatest chance . My Aunt Valentine was at home that night ; I looked in about ten o'clock . Well , Aunt Valentine 's Wednesdays are not exactly scenes of wild enjoyment , I give you my word ! I had been there about twenty minutes when I caught sight of Roger de Puymartin escaping furtively . I caught him in the hall and said : '' ` We will go home together . ' ''