nearly twelve o'clock
`` I shall sit up two or three hours , and see how the poor girl goes on , Clement , '' the widow said ; `` but I hope you 'll go to bed ; I know all this excitement has worn you out . '' `` No , mother ; I feel no sense of fatigue . '' `` But you will try to get some rest , to please me ? See , dear boy , it 's already nearly twelve o'clock . '' `` Yes , if you wish it , mother , I 'll go to my room , '' Mr. Austin answered , quickly . His room was near those occupied by his mother and Margaret , much nearer than the sitting-room . He bade Mrs. Austin good night and left her ; but he had no thought of going to bed , or even trying to sleep .