about twelve o'clock
You were playing with your toys so late last night that you fell asleep . I do n't know whether or not some mouse jumped out and frightened you , though there are no mice here , generally . But , at all events , you broke a pane of the glass cupboard with your elbow , and cut your arm so bally that Dr. Wendelstern -LRB- who has just taken a number of pieces of the glass out of your arm -RRB- thinks that if it had been only a little higher up you might have had a stiff arm for life , or even have bled to death . Thank Heaven , I awoke about twelve o'clock and missed you ; and I found you lying insensible in front of the glass cupboard , bleeding frightfully , with a number of Fritz 's lead soldiers scattered round you , and other toys , broken motto-figures , and gingerbread men ; and Nutcracker was lying on your bleeding arm , with your left shoe not far off . ' `` Oh , mother , mother , ' said Marie , ` these were the remains of the tremendous battle between the toys and the mice ; and what frightened me so terribly was that the mice were going to take Nutcracker -LRB- who was the commander-in-chief of the toy army -RRB- a prisoner . Then I threw my shoe in among the mice , and after that I know nothing more that happened . ' `` Dr. Wendelstern gave a significant look at the mother , who said very gently to Marie : '' ` Never mind , dear , keep yourself quiet .