eleven o'clock
`` I do n't have to be paid to keep your secrets , Quincy , '' replied Maude archly , as Quincy kissed her . `` I know it , dear , '' said Quincy ; `` I 'll give you the watch , not as pay , but to show my gratitude . '' Quincy took an early opportunity to explain to his wife his remissness in not informing his parents of his marriage , and disclosed to her Aunt Ella 's plan . On the tenth , Mrs. Chessman 's spacious parlor was thronged from nine till eleven o'clock with bright and shining lights , representing the musical , artistic , literary , and social culture of Boston . Among the guests were the Hon. Nathaniel Adams Sawyer , his wife , and his daughters , Florence and Maude . The surprise of the visitors at the discovery that Bruce Douglas was a young woman was followed by one of great pleasure at finding her beautiful and affable . The reception and entertainment were acknowledged on all sides to have been most successful , and a thoroughly pleased and satisfied company had spoken their farewells to author and hostess by quarter-past eleven .