About one o'clock
She had a desperate plan in her head , which would be more likely to be successful could she but put him off his guard . She spent the morning in her own little room . She had been provided with a ponderous brown Bible , out of which the fly leaves had been carefully cut , and this she read , though her thoughts often wandered away from the sacred pages . About one o'clock she heard the clatter of hoofs and the sound of wheels on the drive . Going down , she found that it was a cart which had come from Bedsworth with furniture . There were carpets , a chest of drawers , tables , and several other articles , which the driver proceeded to carry upstairs , helped by John Girdlestone . The old woman was in the upper room .