ten o'clock
`` I 's feared to sleep by myse ` f , for fear I should see somethin' , '' wept Sally . `` Den you lay down here by me , '' ordered Katie . And thus it was that Lady Vincent 's two women shared her sleeping room the remainder of that disturbed night -- to be disturbed no longer ; for , whether it was owing to the presence of the negroes or not , Claudia slept untroubled by dream , vision , or apparition , until the daylight streaming through one window , that had been left unclosed , awakened her . It was ten o'clock , however , before the family assembled at the breakfast table , where they were engaged in discussing the affair of the previous night , and in each maintaining his or her own opinion as to its character ; Claudia persisting that it was the Viscount Vincent in person that she had seen ; Berenice contending that it was a dream ; and the judge hesitating between two opinions ; Ishmael silent . `` A very few hours will now decide the question , '' said Claudia , abandoning the discussion and beginning to chip her egg . At this moment came a sound of wheels on the drive before the house , followed by a loud knock at the door . `` There !