seven o'clock
Clara found the life she was doomed to lead more and more irksome ; but when she compared it with that of the Sisters who belonged to the order of the Sacred Heart , the true nuns , who were even more strictly enclosed -LRB- as the term is -RRB- than were she and her associates , she felt that she had no right to complain . The nuns of the Sacred Heart , or as they were frequently called , of the order of the Love of Jesus , were supposed to spend their time in perpetual prayer for the living or the dead . The whole of the twenty-four hours , Clara learned , are divided into what are denominated watches ; the night watches being kept by the nuns in the following manner . The Sisters retire at seven o'clock , with the exception of one who remains watching till eight . She then summons another Sister , who rises and watches till nine , the latter again summoning a fresh watcher , and thus they continue till three o'clock , when all assemble in the chapel for matins . They also join in prayer seven times in the day , at fixed periods , though they may be separated . To the order of the Love of Jesus are attached companions who may mix in the world , and whose real duties are to obtain proselytes .