midnight
She ran to the window and looked anxiously out upon the park , then hastened to the door , with equal anxiety , lest it might be unlocked . Every shadow was to her feverish fancy a spirit of evil or of death . `` I wish Nell would come , '' she thought . `` The ghosts and skeletons fairly swarm in this old house at midnight ; and I am all alone to-night . It 's different when Nell 's about . The goblins are afraid of her merry laugh . Boo !