about two o’clock
`` I avoid him all I can , '' she said , posing . `` He 's awfully funny ; he 's so afraid I 'll think he 's serious about you . He ca n't realize that for me he simply does n't exist . '' Well , I took Aunt Selina , and about two o'clock , while I was in my first sleep , I woke to find her standing beside me , tugging at my arm . `` There 's somebody in the house , '' she whispered . `` Thieves ! '' `` If they 're in they 'll not get out tonight , '' I said .