half past eleven o'clock at night
She had n't been hypnotized , but she might about as well have been , for any real resistance her mind , or her will , could offer to her new friend 's vibrant confidence . She went with Rose up to the little three-dollar room . Rose put her into a chair , sat down opposite her , took the first phrase of her first speech , and said it very slowly , very quietly , half a dozen times . That was at half past eleven o'clock at night . By midnight , Olga could say those first three words , if not to Rose 's complete satisfaction , at least a lot better . She went on and finished the sentence . They worked straight through the night , except that two or three times the girl broke down ; said it was hopeless .