ten o'clock
When you have answered that question I believe the barrier that keeps your dear mother away will be removed . Now I am going to leave you to your own thoughts . God bless you ! '' * * * * * At ten o'clock Dr. Leroy directed Mrs. Wells to prepare herself for the night and told her she was to sleep in a different room , a large chamber that had been made ready on the floor below . As Penelope entered this room a dim light revealed some shadowy pieces of furniture and at the back a recess hung with black curtains . In this was a couch and two chairs and on the wall a familiar old print , `` Rock of Ages , '' showing a woman clinging to a cross in a tempest . `` Please lie down , Mrs. Wells , '' said Leroy with cheerful friendliness .