about half after ten o’clock
I never thought he could ha ' been so patient-like . But there was a kind of little smile , too , on his face , showin ' he did some thinkin ' ; and I guessed he was bidin ' his time . `` I was n't as sharp as I might ha ' been , or I 'd ha ' seen what he was waitin ' for , with that quiet provokin ' smile on his face , and his eyes smoulderin ' like . I do n't know to this day whether you wanted to leave the room when you did , though ` twas about half after ten o'clock , later than I ever saw you there before . But when my uncle come in from Louth , and give you a touch on the shoulder , and said : ` To bed wi ' you , my lass , ' you waited for a minute longer , glancin ' round on all of us , at last lookin ' steady at Lancy ; and he got up from his chair , and took off his hat to you with a way he had . You did n't stay a second after that , but went away straight , sayin ' good-night to all of us , but Lancy was the only one on his feet . `` Just as soon as the door was shut behind you , Lancy turned round to the fire , and pushed the log with his feet in a way a man does when he 's think-in ' a bit .