ten o'clock
And they had finished their meal and were packing up the remaining bread again when the train passed Morceux . `` My children , '' now said Sister Hyacinthe , rising up , `` the evening prayer ! '' Thereupon came a confused murmuring made up of `` Paters '' and `` Aves , '' self-examinations , acts of contrition and vows of trustful reliance in God , the Blessed Virgin , and the Saints , with thanksgivings for that happy day , and , at last , a prayer for the living and for the faithful departed . `` I warn you , '' then resumed the Sister , `` that when we get to Lamothe , at ten o'clock , I shall order silence . However , I think you will all be very good and wo n't require any rocking to get to sleep . '' This made them laugh . It was now half-past eight o'clock , and the night had slowly covered the country-side .