about
ten o'clock
It is -- I 'll look it up and have the announcement sent up to your room with the ice water . Good night . '' After I went up to my room I looked out the window . It was only about ten o'clock , but I looked upon a silent town . The drizzle continued , spangled with dim lights , as far apart as currants in a cake sold at the Ladies ' Exchange . `` A quiet place , '' I said to myself , as my first shoe struck the ceiling of the occupant of the room beneath mine . `` Nothing of the life here that gives color and variety to the cities in the East and West .