ten o'clock
To add to the trouble , that evening at dinner the pastries were cut off , and at eight o'clock a delegation headed by Senator Biggs visited Mr. Pierce in the office and demanded pastry put back on the menu and the stewed fruit taken off . But Mr. Pierce was firm and they came out pretty well subdued . It was that night , I think , that candles were put in the bedrooms , and all the electric lights were turned off at nine-thirty . At ten o'clock I took my candle and went to Mr. Pierce 's sitting-room door . I did n't think they 'd stand much more and I wanted to tell him so . Nobody answered and I opened the door . He was asleep , face down on the hearth-rug in front of the fire .