eleven o'clock
She did not even evade the haunted back kitchen nor the vault-like cellars . These visited , she returned . `` There is neither spirit nor flesh in the house at present , '' she said , `` which should not be there . It is now near eleven o'clock , fully bedtime ; yet I would rather sit up a little longer , if you do not object , Shirley . Here , '' she continued , `` I have brought the brace of pistols from my uncle 's study . You may examine them at your leisure . '' She placed them on the table before her friend .