six
o’clock
When Lady Glenmire came , we almost felt jealous of her . Mrs Jamieson 's house had really been attacked ; at least there were men 's footsteps to be seen on the flower borders , underneath the kitchen windows , `` where nae men should be ; '' and Carlo had barked all through the night as if strangers were abroad . Mrs Jamieson had been awakened by Lady Glenmire , and they had rung the bell which communicated with Mr Mulliner 's room in the third storey , and when his night-capped head had appeared over the bannisters , in answer to the summons , they had told him of their alarm , and the reasons for it ; whereupon he retreated into his bedroom , and locked the door -LRB- for fear of draughts , as he informed them in the morning -RRB- , and opened the window , and called out valiantly to say , if the supposed robbers would come to him he would fight them ; but , as Lady Glenmire observed , that was but poor comfort , since they would have to pass by Mrs Jamieson 's room and her own before they could reach him , and must be of a very pugnacious disposition indeed if they neglected the opportunities of robbery presented by the unguarded lower storeys , to go up to a garret , and there force a door in order to get at the champion of the house . Lady Glenmire , after waiting and listening for some time in the drawing-room , had proposed to Mrs Jamieson that they should go to bed ; but that lady said she should not feel comfortable unless she sat up and watched ; and , accordingly , she packed herself warmly up on the sofa , where she was found by the housemaid , when she came into the room at six o'clock , fast asleep ; but Lady Glenmire went to bed , and kept awake all night . When Miss Pole heard of this , she nodded her head in great satisfaction . She had been sure we should hear of something happening in Cranford that night ; and we had heard . It was clear enough they had first proposed to attack her house ; but when they saw that she and Betty were on their guard , and had carried off the plate , they had changed their tactics and gone to Mrs Jamieson 's , and no one knew what might have happened if Carlo had not barked , like a good dog as he was !