ten o'clock
`` She asked permission to spend the night with her father , and Baron Clyde called about four o'clock to escort her . Was not that the hour , baron ? '' `` Yes , your Grace , '' I answered , bowing . `` I accompanied my cousin to her father 's house , returned later to fetch her back to the palace , but she did not care to face the storm , so I remained till ten o'clock , returned to Whitehall , and slept till morning . Here is another witness , '' I continued , laughing , as I turned to John Churchill , who was standing near the king . `` Step forward , Churchill , and testify . I left him making his suit to one of the most interesting ladies in London . ''