five o'clock
I 'll go down and turn off the burners and see about the gas . You 'll be late , sir . If I was you I should get on a bit with the washing of myself in the dark . I daresay the gas 'll be five or ten minutes , and it 's five o'clock now . '' It was n't , and of course she ought not to have said it , but it was useful all the same . Noël came stumping up the stairs in the dark . He fumbled about and then whispered , `` I 've turned the little white china knob that locks the bath-room door on the outside . ''