nine o'clock
`` May I go up and speak to her ? '' `` Oh no , child ! It is not likely ; and now it is time for you to come in ; you 'll catch the fever if you stop out when the dew is falling . '' The nurse closed the front door ; I went in by the side entrance which led to the schoolroom : I was just in time ; it was nine o'clock , and Miss Miller was calling the pupils to go to bed . It might be two hours later , probably near eleven , when I -- not having been able to fall asleep , and deeming , from the perfect silence of the dormitory , that my companions were all wrapt in profound repose -- rose softly , put on my frock over my night-dress , and , without shoes , crept from the apartment , and set off in quest of Miss Temple 's room . It was quite at the other end of the house ; but I knew my way ; and the light of the unclouded summer moon , entering here and there at passage windows , enabled me to find it without difficulty . An odour of camphor and burnt vinegar warned me when I came near the fever room : and I passed its door quickly , fearful lest the nurse who sat up all night should hear me .