11 o'clock
He had to `` crawl , '' of course . They all do . The girls make them do it . And when he had apologized earnestly for the eleventh time and vowed with a double criss-cross that there really was n't any secret , Antoinette was partially mollified and allowed Alexander to stay until past 11 o'clock without a recurrence of pouting on her part . The next night she was in a lovely humor when Alexander came around . It was close and hot , and , after buying sondaes at the drug store on the corner below , Alexander suggested riding out and strolling along some of the paths of Druid Hill Park . He put it humbly , but he was most blithe and joyous when she consented .