About twelve o'clock
But this was a minor difficulty . I had no doubt but that , if it should be necessary , I could manage to get our boarder into position in plenty of time . It was not very long before there was an opportunity of testing the plan . About twelve o'clock one night one of the alarms -LRB- that on the kitchen window -RRB- went off with a whirr and a wild succession of clangs . For a moment I thought the morning train had arrived , and then I woke up . Euphemia was already under the bed . I hurried on a few clothes , and then I tried to find the bureau in the dark .