ten o'clock
`` Dear , dear ! '' said Mrs. Mitchell , somewhat puzzled . `` Well , we must sit up for him if necessary ; but I did hope that Thomas would have his proper nights ' rests here in the country . We ought all to be in bed by ten o'clock . '' `` You see , Rowles can not leave the lock unless he gets a deputy . Philip is hardly strong enough by himself . And Ned says that of course Tom ca n't come to the lock , being at work all night and asleep all day . ''