ten o'clock
She was not even a romantic school girl . Her youth had not been nourished by Anne Radcliffe , she did not trouble herself about ghosts , and she would go through the house very tranquilly at ten o'clock at night without a candle . When her mother died , some months before Leon 's departure , she did not wish to have any one share with her the sad satisfaction of watching and praying in the death-chamber . `` This will teach us , '' said the aunt , `` how to stay up after ten o'clock . What ! It is midnight , all to quarter of an hour ! Come , my child ; you will get better fast enough after you get to bed . ''