ten o’clock
`` You 'll excuse me if I speak with you here , for I must be back by the time my Lady 's bell rings . '' `` Is it very late ? '' said Aurelia , taking from under her pillow her watch , which had stopped long ago . `` Nigh upon ten o'clock , '' said Loveday . `` I must not stay , but it is my Lady 's wish that you should have all that is comformable , and you 'll let me know how Madge behaves herself . '' `` Is there any news from Bowstead ? '' was all Aurelia could at first demand .