ten o'clock
`` I 'm asked to keep a light in the window , presumably as an incipient lighthouse , and I 've found some old clothes and two old papers in the attic -- that 's all -- and I 've constructed a tragedy . '' She resolutely put the whole matter aside , as she sat in her room , rocking pensively . Her own lamp had not been filled and was burning dimly , so she put it out and sat in the darkness , listening to the rain . She had not closed the shutters and did not care to lean out in the storm , and so it was that , when the whistle of the ten o'clock train sounded hoarsely , she saw the little glimmer of light from Miss Ainslie 's window , making a faint circle in the darkness . Half an hour later , as before , it was taken away . The scent of lavender and sweet clover clung to Miss Hathaway 's linen , and , insensibly soothed , Ruth went to sleep . After hours of dreamless slumber , she thought she heard a voice calling her and telling her not to forget the light .