ten o'clock
`` You would n't have her back though , '' she said gently , turning towards the speaker . `` No , I would n't have her back , miss , '' said Mrs. Brunt , raising her hand to brush away a tear , partly the result of feeling , partly of a long-established habit . `` But I do miss her nights terrible ! ` Mother , ai n't it ten o'clock ? -- mother , look at the clock , do , mother -- ai n't it time for my stuff , mother -- oh , I do _ hope _ it is . ' That was her stuff , miss , to make her sleep . And when she 'd got it , she 'd _ groan _ -- you 'd think she could n't be asleep , and yet she was , dead-like -- for two hours .