one o'clock
`` If any one should attempt burglary in my absence and should succeed in getting into a house as safely locked as this will be when I leave it , then trust to their being satisfied when they see this booty , which I shall hide where I always hide it -- in the cupboard over my desk . '' `` And when will you be back ? '' she questioned , trembling in spite of herself at these preparations . `` By one o'clock if possible . Certainly by two . '' `` And our neighbours go to bed at ten , '' she murmured . But the words were low , and she was glad he did not hear them , for if it was his duty to obey the orders he had received , then it was her duty to meet the position in which it left her as bravely as she could .