ten o'clock
He seemed in imminent danger of universal embraces . `` I wish you 'd let me have my tea , '' he said . And while he had his tea he asked Mrs. Chaffery questions and tried to get the new situation into focus . But even at ten o'clock , when he was returning hot and jaded from Walham Green , he was still trying to get the situation into focus . There were vague ends and blank walls of interrogation in the matter , that perplexed him . He knew that his supper would be only the prelude to an interminable `` talking over , '' and indeed he did not get to bed until nearly two . By that time a course of action was already agreed upon .