eleven o'clock
A bracket clock on the stairs sounded the quarters , and Marjorie , as the lightest sleeper , undertook to keep awake and listen to its chimes . It was rather difficult not to doze when the room was dark and her companions were breathing quietly and regularly in the other beds . The time between the quarters seemed interminable . At eleven o'clock she heard Miss Norton walk along the corridor and go into her bedroom . After that no other sound disturbed the establishment , and Marjorie repeated poetry and even dates and French verbs to keep herself awake . At last the clock chimed its full range and struck twelve times . She sat up and felt for the matches .