ten o’clock
at night
She had asked him particularly when he should be back that night He named the train , which reached Wimbledon a little after ten . They had only one servant . Alice took the girl into her confidence , said she was going to play a trick , and it must not be spoilt . By ten o'clock at night she was dressed for going out , and when she heard her husband 's latch-key at the front door she slipped out at the back . It was her plan to walk about the roads for half an hour , then to enter and -- make the best of the situation . Rodman , unable to find his wife , summoned the servant . ` Where is your mistress ? '