night, about eleven o'clock
Take a glass of water . '' Pet sipped from the proffered glass , and declared that she was much better now , `` One night , about two years ago , I took a look into this room with my spyglass . I generally did n't do it until three or four o'clock in the mornin ' , when all the other lights in the neighborhood was out . But , on that partickler night , about eleven o'clock , I happened to observe that one of the window curtains which covered the lower sash was left partly undrawn . This had never occurred before , and so I brought my glass to bear on the room at once . A tall gentleman , whose face I had often seen movin ' in the room over the top o ' the curtain , was just in the act of takin ' his departure , which he did without shakin ' hands . The old man then went to his place at the other window , and tackled to his work again .