ten o'clock
Before long she declared that it was time to go home . `` What 's the hurry ? '' said her friend . `` It 's nothing like ten o'clock yet -- is it , Mr. Hilliard ? '' `` I do n't wish to stay any longer . Of course you need n't go unless you like , Patty . '' Hilliard had counted on travelling back with her ; to his great disappointment , Eve answered his request to be allowed to do so with a coldly civil refusal which there was no misunderstanding .