about eleven o'clock
Mrs. Trevgern I found to be a very pretty , vivacious , and in every way attractive girl , -- she was only twenty , -- and as they were evidently very fond of each other I rejoiced at Dick 's good sense and good fortune . It was a very jolly little dinner , and altogether as pleasant an evening as I have ever passed . At some indirect reference to the topic -LRB- it is hard to find a name for it that is agreeable to every one , but I will use a well-worn phrase -RRB- the emancipated woman , I had an opportunity of seeing that the lady clearly was of the affirmative party , whereas I knew , from recollection of old times , and anyway because Dick was Dick , that his view on the question was a decided No . This raised an interesting little speculation in my mind , and when , about eleven o'clock , Mrs. Trevgern declared that she was going to leave us two together for a good confabulation over old days , and retired for the night , I made some half-joking reference to the matter , and asked Dick how it happened that he , of all men , had chosen a wife out of the emancipation camp . `` Oh , well , '' he replied , `` she is a dear good girl '' -- I hastened to say that I was sure of it -- `` and we have lots of fun out of our different ideas on little things like that . The odd thing is , though , that it was Kitty 's fad for woman 's rights and that sort of thing that is responsible for her being Mrs. Trevgern -- I mean , that was what you might call the exciting cause . Pull your chair up to the fire and I 'll tell you all about it .