ten o'clock
Besides , to set you quite at ease , you know I have never seen mountains before , and they fill me and oppress me so much that I could not sleep ; I must keep awake this first night , and see that they do n't fall on the earth and overwhelm it . And now answer my questions about yourself . '' Miss Benson had the power , which some people have , of carrying her wishes through to their fulfilment ; her will was strong , her sense was excellent , and people yielded to her -- they did not know why . Before ten o'clock she reigned sole power and potentate in Ruth 's little chamber . Nothing could have been better devised for giving her an interest in the invalid . The very dependence of one so helpless upon her care inclined her heart towards her . She thought she perceived a slight improvement in the symptoms during the night , and she was a little pleased that this progress should have been made while she reigned monarch of the sick-room .