about one o'clock
`` Go on , Mrs. Richards ; we want to know all . Surely there must be something terrible to cause you all to arouse us in this way . '' `` I 'll tell you as well as I can , '' said the housekeeper , `` but I can hardly bear to think about it . Twas about one o'clock , and we were all very busy , when we heard a noise in the corridor outside the door . Naturally we turned to look , when the door opened and something entered . '' `` Well , what ? Some servant walking in her sleep ? ''