one o'clock
It is the same every night -- every night . Can they really be as happy as they sound ? '' A distant hubbub had arisen in the main corridor , the banging of doors and laughter of careless voices . It was some time after one o'clock , and the merry-markers were on their way to bed . `` Never mind them ! '' said Biddy . `` They 're just a set of noisy children .