six o'clock in the morning
`` I can be agreeable , '' she thought , as she sat down at her desk an hour later . `` I can do whatever I make up my mind to . I 'll show them that I 'm not going to ` drift along ! ' '' It was six o'clock in the morning when , stiff and heavy-eyed , she turned off her light and crept into bed . `` I 've driven a coach and four through their precious ten o'clock rule , '' she thought , `` but I do n't care . I 've finished the story . '' The story was a little sketch of western life , with characters and incidents drawn from an experience of Jim 's .