three o'clock
I scolded the stupid fellows well for listening to that tale , which I would not carry to my master ; resolving to take a whole bevy up to the Heights , at day-light , and storm it literally , unless the prisoner were quietly surrendered to us . Her father _ shall _ see her , I vowed , and vowed again , if that devil be killed on his own doorstones in trying to prevent it ! Happily , I was spared the journey and the trouble . I had gone down-stairs at three o'clock to fetch a jug of water ; and was passing through the hall with it in my hand , when a sharp knock at the front door made me jump . ` Oh ! it is Green , ' I said , recollecting myself -- ` only Green , ' and I went on , intending to send somebody else to open it ; but the knock was repeated : not loud , and still importunately . I put the jug on the banister and hastened to admit him myself .