About half
past ten
All the street lights were out , and so were the electric lights in the hotel , so that the hostelry had to depend on its old-time lamps for its illumination . But the lamps had been discarded only the year before so it was an easy matter to bring them into use again . Not to keep the good doctor and his wife up too long , Laura told Mrs. Renwick that they would retire whenever she felt like it . About half past ten good-nights were said and the girls went upstairs with the lady , followed presently by the doctor . The boys remained below to take another peep out at the storm . `` It 's a regular old-fashioned blizzard , '' announced Dave . `` And no telling how long we 'll be stalled here , '' added Roger .