eleven o'clock
I stood on the threshold of his room and watched him . When the two doors were well fixed in my mind , I went to my own room and prepared for my self-imposed watch . When quite ready , I put out my light . It was then eleven o'clock . The house was very quiet . There had been the usual bustle attending the separation of a party of laughing , chattering girls for the night ; but this had not lasted long , for the great doings of the morrow called for bright eyes and fresh cheeks , and these can only be gained by sleep . In this stillness twelve o'clock struck , and the first hour of my anxious vigil was at an end .