about ten o'clock
She asked us to dine with her . I pleaded an engagement at the club and signed to Harry to do likewise ; but he was completely gone and paid no attention to me . He accepted the invitation gratefully , with frank delight , and I left them together . It was about ten o'clock when he came home that evening . I was seated in the library and , hearing him enter the hall , called to him . What a face was his ! His lips trembled with nervous feeling , his eyes glowed like the eyes of a madman .