ten o’clock
And he lifted his hands from her shoulders . But he stood there for a moment looking at her . And in his eyes she read her reward . Early on the following morning , soon after ten o'clock Miss Van Tuyn was startled by a knock on her bedroom door . Everything at all unexpected startled her just now . Her nerves , as even old Fanny could not help noticing , had gone `` all to pieces . '' She lived in perpetual fear .