ten o'clock
`` Bentley , to-day is Wednesday ! '' I expostulated , as breaking off in the middle of a bar , he kissed Pen full upon the lips . `` To be sure it is , '' says he , and kissed her again upon the cheek . `` And ten o'clock , '' added Jack , `` and time all maids were abed . '' `` Not before I even matters , '' says I. `` I 'll give second place to none , least of all Bentley ! '' And I having kissed her twice -- once upon the cheek for Wednesday , and once upon the lips for myself , -- she dropped us a laughing courtesy , and with a final good-night kiss for Jack , and a nod to each of us , ran up to bed . But even then Bentley must needs follow her out to the stairs and stand there whispering his nonsense -- which goes but to prove the jealous nature of the man !