Martin and Charlotte, naturally, would hear nothing of the visitors' returning to the steamer before bedtime.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
It was not yet his bedtime, for of late he spent all of every night, instead of part of it, in prowling about-bent on mischief, he said, but Silas Davy knew that Tug had a fierce desire to protect Allan Dorris, for whom he had taken such a strange fancy, from harm; and that night after night, whether the weather was good or bad, his friend kept watch around The Locks, carrying his gun in readiness for instant use.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
"Well, it's bedtime, especially as you've got to be off early to that old restaurant-" Stephen stepped back from him.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole