nine o'clock
he muttered to himself , as he wiped his forehead , which had grown cold and damp in the agony of his dream . He opened the shutters , and then looked at the clock on the mantelpiece . To his surprise he found that he had been sleeping three hours . It was nine o'clock . He went upstairs to dress . There was an unusual stir in the corridor above . Ann Woolper was standing there , with her hand on the door of the sick-room , talking to Diana , who covered her face suddenly as he approached , and disappeared into her own room .