nearly ten o'clock at night
If John said ` Not at home , ' she would run down and let him in . '' `` I see you are raising difficulties -- I see you do not intend to keep your promise . '' `` You have been quite rude enough for one evening . You have kept me out on the beach by force till nearly ten o'clock at night , and you said that my life at the Manor House was not a pure one -- I do n't know what you mean . No man ever spoke to me like that before . '' `` You misunderstood me . If you knew how I loved you , you would not twit me with my own words .