eleven o'clock
She had the true dictatorial spirit of the old-fashioned New England school teacher . The guests of Drovers ' Tavern were treated by her much as she might have treated a class in the little red schoolhouse up the road had she presided there . She drove the guests to their chambers by the method of turning off the electric light in the general sitting room at a quarter past ten . Each room was furnished with a bayberry candle , and she announced that the electricity all over the house would be switched off at eleven o'clock . `` That is late enough for any decent body to be up , '' she announced in her decisive manner . `` That 's when I go to bed myself . I could n't do so in peace if I knew folks was burning them electric lights to all hours .