eleven o'clock
`` For I love my dramatic work as well as I do that of the college . Now , let us talk about Oakdale and all our friends . We have so many things to tell you . '' It was after eleven o'clock when the girls retired . They had decided not to stay up until Mr. Southard 's return . Once in their rooms they found themselves too sleepy for conversation and five minutes after their lights were out they were fast asleep . They were up in good season the next morning , as it had been agreed that they should be present at the morning service in the church the Southards attended .