ten o'clock
The coffee had stimulated me : the music was merry : I was reckless , and my companions were full of glee . Even the _ ennuyé _ skipped up and down the room like a school-boy : I never shall forget Richard 's happy and relieved expression , when I laughed aloud at somebody 's amusing blunder . Then came the reaction , when the dancing was over , and we were getting ready to go home . It was a good deal after ten o'clock , and the night was cold . There were not quite shawls enough , no preparations having been made for staying out after dark . Richard went up to Sophie -LRB- I was standing out by the steps to be ready the moment the carriages should come -RRB- , and I heard him negotiating with her for a shawl for me . She was quite impatient and peremptory , though _ sotto voce _ .