eight
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He was sleepin ' like a log , and so was Gay . Now , shut up , Et , and let me get three winks myself . You take the lounge , and I 'll stretch out in two chairs . Wake me up at eight o'clock , if I do n't wake myself ; for I 'm clean tired out with all this fussin ' and plannin ' , and I feel stupid enough to sleep till kingdom come . '' _ Number Three , Minerva Court , First floor back . _ When the snores of the two watchers fell on the stillness of the death-chamber , with that cheerful regularity that betokens the sleep of the truly good , a little figure crept out of the bed in the adjoining room and closed the door noiselessly , but with trembling fingers ; stealing then to the window to look out at the dirty street and the gray sky over which the first faint streaks of dawn were beginning to creep .