midnight
At about nine that evening John Crumb called at Mrs. Pipkin 's , and was told that Ruby had gone out with Sir Felix Carbury . He hit his leg a blow with his fist , and glared out of his eyes . `` He 'll have it hot some day , '' said John Crumb . He was allowed to remain waiting for Ruby till midnight , and then , with a sorrowful heart , he took his departure . It was on a Friday evening , an inauspicious Friday , that poor Ruby Ruggles had insisted on leaving the security of her Aunt Pipkin 's house with her aristocratic and vicious lover , in spite of the positive assurance made to her by Mrs. Pipkin that if she went forth in such company she should not be allowed to return . `` Of course you must let her in , '' Mrs. Hurtle had said soon after the girl 's departure . Whereupon Mrs. Pipkin had cried .