one o'clock
asked Molly , `` or a child ? '' `` I am afraid you still belong to the infant class , Miss Brown , '' replied the Professor regretfully . They attributed Otoyo 's fright to nervousness caused from over-excitement , and a few minutes later the party broke up . It was one o'clock when the two girls finally climbed upstairs to the lonely silent third floor . Molly escorted Otoyo to her little room and turned on the light . `` Now , little one , '' she said , putting her hands on the Japanese girl 's shoulders and searching her face , `` what was it you saw at the window ? '' Otoyo closed the door carefully and , tipping back to Molly 's side , whispered : `` The greatly beeg black eyes of Mees Blount look in from the window outside .