half past ten
He had gone to Bauer 's studio party after all . It was the first time he had deliberately disobeyed his mother in a really big thing . Mrs. Brandeis and Fanny had nibbled fudge all evening -LRB- it had turned out deliciously velvety -RRB- and had gone to bed at their usual time . At half past ten Mrs. Brandeis had wakened with the instinctive feeling that Theodore was not in the house . She lay there , wide awake , staring into the darkness until eleven . Then she got up and went into his room , though she knew he was not there . She was not worried as to his whereabouts or his well-being .