midnight
I did n't think it was half-past ten ! '' Mr. Stuart smiled , and stroked his mustache with calm complacency . `` Aunt Chatty , wake up ! It 's midnight -- time all good little women were in bed . '' '' _ You _ need not hurry yourself on that account , Dithy , '' Charley suggests , `` if the rule only applies to good little women . '' Miss Darrell replies with a glance of scorn , and wakes up Mrs. Stuart . `` You were sleeping so nicely I thought it a pity to wake you sooner .