eleven o'clock
`` Just ask your father if he knows Albert Penny , Miss Becker . Queer how things happen . This very day I turned over a memorandum to the head of my department , advising a certain buy in hemp rope , Becker and Co. in the back of my head all the time . '' At eleven o'clock the first guest rose to go , Lilly following immediate suit . His state of eagerness rose redly to his ears . `` Will you permit me to escort you home , Miss Becker ? '' `` Why , yes , if it wo n't upset Flora 's plans for me .