eleven o’clock
His work seemed to exhaust him . When he came home he did not speak civilly to anybody . If the fire were rather low he bullied about that ; he grumbled about his dinner ; if the children made a chatter he shouted at them in a way that made their mother 's blood boil , and made them hate him . On the Friday , he was not home by eleven o'clock . The baby was unwell , and was restless , crying if he were put down . Mrs. Morel , tired to death , and still weak , was scarcely under control . `` I wish the nuisance would come , '' she said wearily to herself .