nearly eleven o'clock
`` I promise this , also , on my honor , Rule . '' `` That is all I ask , and it is exacted for your own sake , dear . The fair name of a woman is so white and pure that the smallest speck can be seen upon it . And now , dear , it is nearly eleven o'clock . Will you ring for your maid and go to your room ? I have letters to write -- in the library -- which , I think , will occupy me the whole night , '' he said , as he took her hand and gently raised her to her feet . At that moment a servant entered , bringing a card .