ten o'clock at night
He stuffed in the doll and the rude playthings and hooked the basket doll-carriage upon his arm . She did not waken when he picked her up . He tiptoed down the stairs and nobody noticed him , In his own dizzy mind he could not determine whether he felt most like a thief or a lunatic . At any rate , he found himself walking the streets of the mill city at ten o'clock at night , carrying a little girl in his arms and all her earthly possessions in his pockets . It came over him at last that the longer he kept her the more uncertain he became as to what disposal he should make of her , or else he was more loath to part with her ; he did n't exactly know which . Then she woke and spoke for the first time . `` Me is te ` bble hungry -- and firsty , '' she mourned .