ten o'clock
Voices low and angry came from the kitchen , which was below her window . The voices grew louder , then a door was sharply shut , and Flick , the big watch-dog , gave a low growl and the gate of the farmyard clicked again and again as it swung violently backwards and forwards before it finally closed . The dwellers in farmhouses a hundred and twenty years ago on the height of the Mendips were early to bed and early to rise . It was therefore unusual to hear anyone coming or going between nine and ten o'clock . ` I wonder who it was ? ' Bryda thought . ` And there is grandfather coming up to bed .