nearly eleven o'clock
`` He is always at your side . '' `` Save your lecture until to-morrow . I am sure it will keep . Do please ring the bell for my maid ; it is nearly eleven o'clock , and I must not lose my beauty-sleep . '' Gerelda Northrup knew in her own mind that all her mother said was but too true ; but the spirit of coquetry was so deeply imbedded in her nature that she would not resign her sceptre over her old lovers ' hearts until the last moment . Of course the captain understood thoroughly that all her love was given to Hubert Varrick , and that it was only a very mild flirtation with himself she was indulging in . She would have trembled could she have read the thoughts of Captain Frazier at that very moment .