Half past eleven
If I was to twist his neck , ma'am , would you take it on yourself to say as I was wrong ? '' `` I 'd sooner hear that you had taken the girl away from him , '' said Mrs. Hurtle . `` I could pretty well eat him , -- that 's what I could . Half past eleven ; is it ? She must come some time , must n't she ? '' Mrs. Pipkin , who did not want to burn candles all night long , declared that she could give no assurance on that head . If Ruby did come , she should , on that night , be admitted .